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The IHTA is a research programme of the Royal Irish Academy & produces historic atlases of towns on the island of Ireland from earliest times to 1900 Go deeper: https://www.ria.ie/research-programmes/irish-historic-towns-atlas//

Map 2 Limerick 1840
A coloured reconstruction map of Limerick Ordnance Survey town plan at a scale of 1:2500 with public buildings in red, private ones in pink, gardens and arable in green and water areas in blue

Map 18 'Plan of the city and suburbs of Limerick', with an inset 'A north-west view of the city of Limerick', 1769. BL, Add. MS 27391/E
A coloured map showing Limerick city and the plan for Newtown Pert as a grid city to the S.E.

Map 6 'The citie of Limrick', c. 1590. TCD, Hardiman MS 1209/57
Coloured manuscript map of Limerick city showing urban buildings, defensive structures, religous buildings, port, river boats etc.

Fig. 2 Conjectural layout of the Viking town (after Hodkinson, 2002)
Black and white text map overlaying the area of Viking settlement using a base map from 1840

Map 27 Growth map of Limerick to 1900 by Eamon O'Flaherty
A c. 1900 OS is overlayed with different colours denoting temporal stages of urban development

Map 1 Limerick and its surrounds, 1886, at a scale of 1:50,000. Black and white map showing the location of Limerick city with hachured areas showing hills, routeways and built up urban area

Cover of IHTA no. 21 Limerick by Eamon O'Flaherty with a square image of Limerick Castle tinted in green

Extract from 'The county of Clare in the province of Munster and kingdom of Ireland, by Henry Pelham. Appears as Map 7 in IHTA no. 25 Ennis

Ennis growth map, showing different phases of urban development on a an Ordnance Survey map

Black and white text map of Ennis c. 1650 to c. 1750 showing the outline o the town with principal sites marked

Black and white sketch of Clonroad Castle by Thomas Dineley

Black and white text map showing the layout of medieval Ennis including routeways, principal buildings and the course of the River Fergus

Cover of IHTA no. 25 Ennis by Brian O Dalaigh which includes a square image of the courthouse painting on a green wash

Extract from the Topographical Information entries on the crosses in Tuam.

Black and white photograph of the High Cross in the Market Square, c. 1860 (Royal Irish Academy C/24/5/A, photo, series 15, box 1)

Black and white text map of Medieval Tuam showing the early monastic enclosures on a modern base

Part of 'Map of part of the bogs in the district of Lough Corrib', 1812, by J.A. Jones, (National Library of Ireland, MS 16/D/11, plate XI, no. 2

Cover of IHTA no. 20 Tuam with includes a photograph of men and an ass and cart in Market Square

Map 2 Galway, 1839 reconstruction of the town plans at a scale of 1:2500.

Pictorial map of Galway, mid-17th cent. (Hardiman MS 1209/73, TCD). Map 12 in IHTA Galway

Plot of the town of Galway, 1583, by Barnaby Googe (SP 63/103/18 III, The National Archives: Public Record Office) as Map 6 in IHTA Galway.

Black and white text map of Galway showing the medieval layout of the town with walls, castles and religious buildings on a modern Ordnance Survey base.

Heading image of Galway from the Claddagh and extract of the topographical essay

Cover of IHTA no. 28 Galway/Gaillimh published by the RIA. Image of a 17th cent. map showing St Nicholas's Collegiate Church

Fig. 2 Late seventeenth-century Sligo in IHTA no. 24 Sligo by Fióna Gallagher and Marie-Louise Legg (RIA, Dublin, 2012)

Extract from Plate 1 View of Sligo, looking north, c. 1685 by Thomas Phillips (National Library of Ireland). Pen ink and wash over paper

Map 4 Part of map of Co. Sligo, 1589 (The National Archives: Public Record Office) in IHTA no. 24 Sligo by Fióna Gallagher and Marie Louise Legg

Fig 1 Medieval Sligo
Grayscale map of Sligo showing the principal routeways and buildings in Sligo

Map 1, Sligo and its surroundings, 1:50000 Ordnance Survey, 1868-70. Black and white hachured map showing the geographical location of Sligo

Cover of IHTA Sligo by Fióna Gallagher and Marie-Louise Legg published by the Royal Irish Academy, Dublin in 2012. Shows a painting over looking Sligo to Ben Bulben in 1685

Extract from the topographical information on Ballyshannon Bridge

Fig. 4 Maritime infrastructure, c. 1700 to 1905 in IHTA no. 32 Ballyshannon/Béal Átha Seanaidh.
Black and white text map showing the location of Ballyshannon's maritime infrastructure over an OS base from 1905

Fig 1 Late medieval Ballyshannon from IHTA no. 32 Ballyshannon/Béal Átha Seanaidh
Showing the locations of old routeways, religious buildings, weirs, ford and castle

Map 1 from IHTA, no. 32 Ballyshannon/Béal Átha Seanaidh Ballyshannon and its surroundings, Ordnance Survey, 1862-77, scale 1:50,000 (Tailte Eireann).
Black and white hachured map showing Ballyshannon's location on the Atlantic Coast and River Erne

Cover of IHTA, no. 32 Ballyshannon/Béal Átha Seanaidh by Angela Byrne with an image of the bridge and town from the river

Screen shot of landing page showing thousands of sites on the Digital Atlas of Cork

Map of Ireland showing the towns in the IHTA series that have been published in red and in progress in green

Extract of text from the topographical information on the Foyle Factory, earlier Tillie and Henderson

Map 2 A reconstruction of the c. 1831 Ordnance Survey manuscript town plan at a scale of 1:2500.
Individual plots and showing public buildings and defences as red, houses pink, arable areas as green and water as blue

Plate 2. Londonderry, c. 1730 by William van der Hagen, oil on canvas (formerly Guildhall, Derry)
Colour painting showing the buildings of the town, with ships and hills in the distance

Map 8. 'London-Derry', 1618-19, by Nicholas Pynnar (Trinity College Dublin, MS 1209 (22*)
Colour map showing the street layout, defences and port area of Derry~Londonderry

Map 5. 'The island and fort of the Derry', 1600 (The National Archives, Public Record Office, SP 63/207, pt vi, no. 84 (1)
A sepia map with the fortress of Derry shown surrounded by water with ships and a round tower

Map 21. A growth map of Derry~Londonderry on an OS base with different colours representing different stages of urban development. The green indicating probable medieval sites.

Cover of IHTA, no. 15 Derry~Londonderry by Avril Thomas. An inset of a view of Derry City with bridge over the River Foyle and mountains in the background

Map of Ireland showing the IHTA towns published (in red) and those in progress (in green)

Text from the topographical information showing the entry for Harland and Wolff

Essay header showing Queen's Bridge and first paragraph of the essay on the topographical development of Belfast

Map 2 in IHTA Belfast which is a reconstruction of the manuscript town plan in c. 1830. Public buildings in red, other plots in pink. Arable land in green and water as blue

Cover of IHTA Belfast part II, 1840 to 1900 by Stephen A. Royle, showing engraving of Beflast in the 19th century, bridge to the fore, ships, industry and a mountain in the distance

Seminar programme on a cream background. Heading illustration is a painting of Youghal with town walls and buildings and ships in the harbour

Map of Ireland showing the IHTA towns published (in red) and those in progress (in green)

Growth map of Belfast to 1833 with each era of expansion depicted by different colours from 1685

Text map showing the development of the harbour and land reclamation

Black and white text map of Belfast showing the town c. 1680

Screen shot from the essay on Belfast with a black and white sketch of a prospect of the town

Black and white text map of the site of Belfast showing the mountain ranges, river and Belfast Lough

Cover of IHTA no. 12 Belfast, part I to 1850 by Raymond Gillespie and Stephen A. Royle. Red writing with an image of Belfast in the 18th century in a green wash on a cream background

Map of Ireland showing the towns completed (red dots) and towns in progress (green dots)

1602 map of Armagh by Richard Bartlett showing the cathedral and other churches in ruins

Reconstructed Ordnance Survey map of Armagh from c. 1834. Buildings in pink and read, streets in white and fields and gardens in green