Atlas of the Irish rural landscape
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Príomhtheideal:
Atlas of the Irish rural landscape / edited by F.H. Aalen, Kevin Whelan, Matthew Stout.
Inphrionta:
Ireland : Cork University Press, 1997.
Leathanaigh in ord:
ix,352p. : ill.,maps ; 31cm.
Nótaí:
Cavan references include: Ballyconnell - Ballinamore Canal (p.213 & 219), Cootehill Linen Industry (p.79), Belturbet Railway (narrow gauge) (p.216), Kingscourt Mining (Gypsum) (p. 225) Photographs - Slieve Russell Hotel (p.101), Butlersbridge Creamery (p.178),.
Lucht:
Cavan interest.Irish interest.
Contents:
List of contributors.Preface and acknowledgements.The making of the Irish landscape: The Irish rural landscape, synthesis of habitat and history / by F.H.A. Aalen; Early landscapes, from prehistory to plantation / by Geraldine Stout and Matthew Stout; Recovering the hidden landscape / by Gillian Barrett; The modern landscape from plantation to present / by Kevin Whelan.Components of the Irish Landscape: Bogs; Raised bogs / by John Feehan; Ardee bog, County Louth / by G.F. Mitchell; The changing use of raised bogs / by John Feehan and Sadhbh McElveen; Blanket bogs / by Roy Tomlinson; Forests and woodlands / by Roy Tomlinson; Fields / by F.H.A. Aalen and Kevin Whelan; Buildings / by F.H.A. Aalen; Towns and villages / by Kevin Whelan; Demesnes / by Terence Reeves-Smyth; Communications / by James Killen; Mining power and water; Mining and quarrying / by Colin Rynne; Power generation / by Fred Hammond; Water supply / by Fred Hammond.The challenge of change: Contemporary challenge / by F.H.A. Aalen; Recent housing change in Kilclone, County Meath / by P.J. Duffy; Field boundaries and landscape change / by Eilis Kennedy; The destruction of antiquities an aerial view / by Gillian Barrett; Management of the landscape / by F.H.A. Aalen; Distribution of protected sites and areas / by Ute Bohnsack.Regional case studies: The Hook, County Wexford / by Billy Colfer; The Lecale peninsula, County Down / by R.H. Buchanan; The Burren, County Clare / by David Drew; The bend of the Boyne, County Meath / by Geraldine Stout; The ring of Gullion, County Armagh / by Andrew Stout; Connemara, County Galway / by Tim Robinson.Abbreviations and list of sources and attributions.Index of placenames.
ISBN:
1859180957 (invalid)
Rangúchán Dewey:
333.7609415911.417911.415 Rolling Shelves 914.15 Oversize911.415
I dteanga:
English
Réimse:
BRN:
1043936