Tag Archives: OS Memoirs

Kilwaughter in the 1830s

Posted on November 11, 2011 by admin

Thomas Colby thought that in order to truly understand what a map was saying, there had to be some kind of explanation, some kind of ‘aide-memoire’ that would explain how this landscape had evolved in the way that it had. … Continue reading →

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Start With A Map

Posted on November 11, 2011 by admin

One of the best places to begin a local study, so I’ve been told, is with a source called the Ordnance Survey. In 1824 the British government recommended that in order to better tax the country, Ireland should be surveyed … Continue reading →

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