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Killary Harbour, Co. Mayo
Killary Harbour, Co. Mayo
Photograph of Killary Harbour, Co. Mayo
Courtesy of Carsten Clasohm
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The transformation of the natural landscape - variations.
The transformation of the natural landscape - variations.
An attempt by the geographer Fred Aalen to show how the physical landscape is the outcome of many changes over the last ten thousand years. (A) is just after the last Ice Age when much of the land was grass or bog. (B) is about 6000BC when woodland was widespread and man had made little impact. (C) is 2500BC after the first farmers had cleared some of the woods. (D) is 500BC when blanket bogs were advancing, especially on hill areas, and in places woods were again advancing. (E) is 800AD when farms centred on ringforts or raths were widespread. (F) is 1840AD just before the Great Famine, when rural settlement was at its maximum. (G) is to-day, when the extent of farmland is contracting and managed forestry is increasingly prominent.
Source: Atlas of the Irish Rural Landscape.
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Enclosed fields
Enclosed fields
An example of enclosed fields.
Courtesy of the Irish Farmers Journal
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Lough Derg
Lough Derg
Photograph looking out from County Tipperary across the southern part of Lough Derg, the second largest lake in the Republic of Ireland.
Courtesy of www.wikipedia.org
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Basalt
Basalt
Basalt's black volcanic rock texture and small crystals can be seen in this photograph.
Copyright Geological Survey of Ireland 2006.
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Caving
Caving
A photograph of two men caving in Fermanagh.
Copyright Mark McSherry.
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Croagh Patrick map
Croagh Patrick map
Croagh Patrick map
Copyright of Ordnance Survey
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Cliffs of Moher coastline (aerial photograph)
Cliffs of Moher coastline (aerial photograph)
An aerial photograph showing the coastline at the Cliffs of Moher, Co. Clare
Courtesy of Ordnance Survey Ireland
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Coumloughra
Coumloughra
Photograph of Coumloughra in County Kerry
Copyright Kerry County Library.
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Glendalough Village.
Glendalough Village.
This photograph from c.1950's shows the remains of the early Irish religious community in Glendalough in Co. Wicklow. This monastic site includes a round tower in the centre of the photograph and chapel to the left of the graveyard which was founded by St. Kevin in the sixth century. The round tower was a defensive monument in that it served as a look out for the danger of the Norsemen and a safe keep for valuable religious artefacts. At the same time it was a monument of pacifism and retreat. Glendalough monastery was founded by St. Kevin in the 6th century. As this time the valley would have been a place of complete retreat and isolation from the outside world.
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