The Iveragh Peninsula : a cultural atlas of the Ring of Kerry / editors: John Crowley and John Sheehan ; cartographic editor: Mike Murphy.
Contributor(s): Crowley, John
| Sheehan, John (John G.).
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BookPublisher: Cork : Cork University Press, 2009Description: xii, 496 p. : ill. (chiefly col.), maps, plans, ports. ; 31 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781859184301; 1859184308.Subject(s): European history | Ireland | Regional geography | History | Iveragh Peninsula (Ireland) -- History | Iveragh Peninsula (Ireland) -- Maps | Iveragh Peninsula (Ireland) -- Civilization | Kerry (Ireland) -- History | Kerry (Ireland) -- Maps | Kerry (Ireland) -- CivilizationDDC classification: 941.96 IVE | Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Barcode | |
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| General lending | MTU Kerry North Campus Library First Floor Main | 941.96 IVE (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 38888000858054 |
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* The Ring of Kerry is one of Ireland's most beloved of landscapes
* This multidisciplinary exploration will make anyone's visit to the Ring even more magical
The Iveragh Peninsula, often referred to as the "Ring of Kerry", is one of Ireland's most dramatic and beautiful landscapes. This cultural atlas, comprising over fifty individual chapters and case studies, provides the reader with a broad range of perspectives on the peninsula and the human interactions with it since prehistoric times to the present day.
Although not a conventional atlas, it contains many historic and newly commissioned maps. The opening chapters explore the physical and environmental setting of the peninsula. Subsequent chapters deal with is development over the millennia and the influences that have shaped it. All aspects of Iveragh's past and present are considered, using the evidence of disciplines such as archaeology, art history, cartography, folklore, geography, geology, history, mythology and zoology.
Given its status as a peninsula projecting into the Atlantic, the history and culture of the Iveragh Peninsula have been molded by external influences as well as by regional and national ones. Its story is multi-layered, involving the imprint of mythological as well as historic settlers and invaders. The peninsula has witnessed significant periods of transition, perhaps none more so than in the present era. This book seeks to deepen and illuminate our understanding of its landscape, history and heritage.
Col. maps on lining papers.
Formerly CIP. Uk
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Landscape. Geology of the Iveragh Peninsula ; Devonian tetrapod trackway on Valentia Island / Ken Higgs -- Kerry Geopark : an aspiring European geopark / Catherine Evans -- Physical landscape of the Iveragh peninsula / John Crowley, John Sheehan -- Iveragh's coast and mountains / Robert Devoy -- Man, animals and the environment at Iveragh / Margaret McCarthy -- Selection of Iveragh's flora / Michael O'Sullivan -- Mountains of Iveragh : a personal journey / Dermot Somers -- Iveragh's mountain pilgrimages / Tomás Ó Carragáin -- Landscape, myth and imagination in Iveragh / Paddy Bushe -- Milesians / John Crowley -- Toponymy of the peninsula of Uíbh Ráthach ; Archaic dimension in the toponymy of Uíbh Ráthach ; Early ecclesiastical toponymy of Uíbh Ráthach / Breandán Ó Cíobháin. Early Iveragh. Prehistory : settlement and ritual in Iveragh / MIchael Connolly -- Rock art / Frank Coyne -- Derrynane Horn / John Sheehan -- Miss Butler's Iveragh watercolours / Margaret O'Shea, John Sheehan --Early Medieval Iveragh, AD 400-1200 / John Sheehan -- Illaunloughan : an early Iveragh monastery and its shrine / Jenny White Marshall, Claire Walsh -- Fíonán of Iveragh / Padraig Ó Riain -- Skellig Michael : monastic island retreat in the Atlantic / Grellan D. Rourke -- Skellig Michael : the German connection / Dagmar Ó Riain-Raedel -- St. Michael's Well and Skellig Michael / Seán Mac an tSíthigh -- Vikings and Iveragh / Donnchadh Ó Corráin -- Medieval Iveragh : kingdoms and dynasties / Paul MacCotter, John Sheehan -- Ballycarbery Castle / John Sheehan -- 'Conquest' of the Iveragh Peninsula : mapping and surveying, c.1598-c.1700 ; William Petty and the Iveragh Peninsula : three mysteries ; Powell's 1764 map of Nedeen / William J. Smyth. Historic Iveragh. Alexander Nimmo and the mapping of Iveragh, 1811-12 ; Alexander Nimmo (1783-1832) / Arnold Horner -- Daniel O'Connell and Iveragh / Fergus O'Ferrall -- Eibhlín Dubh Ní Chonaill / Paddy Bushe -- O'Connell and France / Grace Neville -- Cahersiveen / Junior Murphy -- Great famine in Iveragh / Kieran Foley -- Kenmare lace / Tracy Collins -- Lansdowne Estate in Iveragh under the agency of William Steuart Trench, 1849-1872 / Gerard J. Lyne -- Kenmare : origins and development / John Sheehan -- Derreen : a landlord's garden / Nigel Everett -- Eviction of Cable O'Leary / Leo O'Shea -- Connecting South Kerry / Colin Rynne -- Kingdom in the wires : the North Atlantic telegraph cables on the Iveragh Peninsula / Denis Linehan -- Valentia Island / John Crowley -- Fight for independence in Iveragh, 1914-22 / Sinead Joy -- John Golden : an Iveragh Fenian / Anne Golden -- Tourism and the Ring : past and present / Donal Horgan. Cultural traditions. Food culture of the Iveragh Peninsula / Colin Sage, Flicka Small -- Sporting heritage of Iveragh ; Waterville Golf Links / / Michael Foley -- Songs and music of the Iveragh Peninsula / Tim Dennehy -- Amhrán na Leabhar / Le Tomás Rua Ó Súlleabháin -- Ole Mørk Sandvik's visit to Iveragh / Angun Sønnesyn Olsen -- Uíbh Ráthach and the Irish language / Seán Mac an tSíthigh -- Tomás Rua Ó Súilleabháin / Paddy Bushe -- Iveragh writer of our time / Dáithí Ó hÓgáin -- Uíbh Ráthach and the evolution of Irish folklore / Séan Mac an tSíthigh -- Iveragh seine boat / Seán Mac an tSíthigh -- Puck Fair, Killorglin / Kieran Foley. Contemporary Iveragh. Contemporary economic development in Iveragh / Carol Power, Ray O'Connor -- Peat and energy production / Ray O'Connor, Carol Power -- Demographic change on the Iveragh Peninsula, 1926-2006 / Carol Power, Ray O'Connor -- Iveragh's uplands : farming and society / Eileen O'Rourke -- Contemporary change and planning in the Iveragh landscape / Brendan O'Sullivan -- Sneem / John Sheehan. Representing Iveragh. Jack B. Yeats and Iveragh / Donal Maguire -- Paul Henry's Iveragh paintings / S.B. Kennedy -- Kerry School of Painting / Barbara O'Shea Cassidy -- Pauline Bewick : painting Iveragh / John Crowley -- Cill Rinlaigh project / Carol Power, Ray O'Connor.
The Iveragh Peninsula, often referred to as the 'Ring of Kerry', is one of Ireland's most dramatic and beautiful landscapes. This cultural atlas provides the reader with a broad range of cultural perspectives on the peninsula and the human interactions with it from prehistoric times to the present day.