Renaissance Galway: delineating the seventeenth-century city (Irish Historic Towns Atlas)

by Paul Walsh

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Renaissance Galway is the next ancillary publication from the Irish Historic Towns Atlas.

The subject of the book is the remarkable 'pictorial map' of Galway, which was produced in the mid-seventeenth century. It offers a bird's eye view of Galway city at this time and presents insights into the cultural, sociopolitical and religious outlook of the local ruling elite - the so-called 'tribes' of Galway. Originally intended as a wall hanging, it was produced to impress and remains a centrepiece of Galway's visual history.

Only two copies of the original printed map are known to exist and...Read more
  • ISBN10 1911479075
  • ISBN13 9781911479079
  • Publish Date 1 September 2019
  • Publish Status Active
  • Publish Country IE
  • Imprint Royal Irish Academy