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Informationen zum Autor Edited by F.H.A. Aalen, Kevin Whelan, and Matthew Stout Klappentext This second edition of the award-winning Atlas of the Irish Rural Landscape continues to increase the visibility of the landscape within national heritage while establishing a proper basis for conservation and planning. Zusammenfassung This second edition of the award-winning Atlas of the Irish Rural Landscape continues to increase the visibility of the landscape within national heritage while establishing a proper basis for conservation and planning. Inhaltsverzeichnis Part I: The Making of the Irish Landscape 1. The Irish Rural Landscape: Synthesis of Habitat and History / by F. H. A. Aalen (Trinity College, Dublin) 2. Early Landscapes: From Prehistory to Plantation / by Geraldine Stout and Matthew Stout (Trinity College, Dublin) 3. Recovering the Hidden Landscape / by Gillian Barrett (University of Wolverhampton) 4. The Modern Landscape: From Plantation to Present / by Kevin Whelan (University of Notre Dame, Indiana) Part II: Components of the Irish Landscape 5. Raised Bogs / by John Freehan (University College, Dublin) 6. Ardee Bog, County Louth / by G. F. Mitchell (Trinity College, Dublin) 7. The Changing Use of Raised Bogs / by John Freehan (University College, Dublin) and Sadhbh McElveen (Trinity College, Dublin) 8. Blanket Bogs / by Roy Tomlinson (The Queen’s University of Belfast) 9. Forests and Woodlands / by Roy Tomlinson 10. Fields / by F. H. A. Aalen and Kevin Whelan 11. Buildings / by F. H. A. Aalen 12. Towns and Villages / by Kevin Whelan 13. Demesnes / by Terence Reeves-Smyth 14. Communications / by James Killen (Trinity College, Dublin) 15. Mining and Quarrying / by Colin Rynne 16. Power Generation / by Fred Hamond 17. Water Supply / by Fred Hamond Part III: The Challenge of Change 18. Contemporary Challenge / by F. H. A. Aalen 19. Recent Housing Change in Kilclone, County Meath / by P. J. Duffy (St. Patrick’s College, Maynooth) 20. Field Boundaries and Landscape Change / Eilis Kennedy 21. The Destruction of Antiquities: An Aerial View / Gillian Barrett 22. Management of the Landscape / by F. H. A. Aalen 23. Distribution of Protected Sites and Areas / by Üte Bohnsack Part IV: Regional Case Studies 24. The Hook, County Wexford / by Billy Colfer 25. The Lecale Peninusla, County Down / by R. H. Buchanan 26. The Burren, County Clare / by David Drew (Trinity College, Dublin) 27. The Bend of the Boyne, County Meath / by Geraldine Stout 28. The Ring of Gullion, County Armagh / by Andrew Stott 29. Connemara, County Galway / by Tim Robinson ...