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'In Connemara' painted by Paul Henry
'In Connemara' painted by Paul Henry. This is an example of a great work of art that has been influenced by the physical landscape.
Courtesy of the Shane Grant collection.
Image is present on following page(s): Landscape, Physical Landscape of Ireland, Physical Environment, Paul Henry, Paul Henry
'In Connemara' painted by Paul Henry -
Hummocky moraine
How parts of Ireland might have appeared after the last ice age: bare land surfaces in Iceland from which ice has recently retreated.
Courtesy of the University of Iceland
Hummocky moraine -
Galty Mountains
Galty Mountains, Co. Tipperary. This range includes Galtymore, one of the few mountains in Ireland to exceed 900 metres (3000 feet) in altitude.
From 'Reading The Irish Landscape' by Frank Mitchell and Michael Ryan
Galty Mountains -
Cross section carbonate mounds
The discovery of 'carbonate mounds', has been among the most dramatic of recent offshore discoveries.
Courtesy of Arnold Horner 2006.
Cross section carbonate mounds -
Enclosures at Co. Clare
A landscape of ancient fields and enclosures are illustrated here around a great stone cashel defended by an obstacle consisting of barbed wire or spikes attached to a wooden frame against enemies.
Copyright Reading the Irish Landscape.
Enclosures at Co. Clare -
Cuilcagh Mountain
Satellite image showing Cuilcagh Mountain, County Fermanagh and the source of the river Shannon.
Image provided courtesy of Google Earth
Image is present on following page(s): Cuilcagh Mountains & Blanket Bog
Cuilcagh Mountain -
Donegal Batholith
Block diagram of the three-dimensional shape of part of the Deonegal Batholith
Courtesy of Pitcher W.S. and Berger A.R.
Donegal Batholith -
Ice Age Map
Some of the landscape features produced by the Ice Age are shown here. The map, which is simplified and generalized, shows the drumlin belt, and some (but not all) of the midland esker systems.
Map drawn by Stephen Hannon.
Ice Age Map -
Giants Organ
The Giant's Organ, Giant's Causeway
Copyright Geological Survey of Ireland 2006.
Giants Organ -
Geological time-scale table
Geological time-scale table
Geological time-scale table -
Corncrake Bird
Corncrakes are rarely seen or heard in Ireland today. Prior to the 1970's however, corncrakes had a large population here, numbering into the thousands. Current estimates place their population (based on the number of calling males) at 139 in 2002. Ireland is internationally important as a breeding ground for corncrakes. Their small population here accounts for 20% of their entire population over Western Europe. Corncrakes migrate to Ireland from Southern Africa to breed. They require cover (meadows, field margins, nettles and marshy areas) when they arrive and throughout the breeding season. With changing farming practices in Europe such areas are becoming increasingly rare. Grass is cut earlier and with heavy machinery to try and maximise the growing season, leaving no chance of escape or survival for hatchlings or eggs. But things are changing, with increased co-operation from farmers conservation measures are being put in place to try and prevent this bird from going extinct.
Image is present on following page(s): Networks for Life
Corncrake Bird -
Tectonic Rock Cycle
The Tectonic rock cycle undergoes a full circle of production illustrated in this diagram.
Copyright Geological Survey of Ireland 2006.
Tectonic Rock Cycle -
Quarry production
Quarry production in Ireland
Copyright Geological Survey of Ireland 2006.
Quarry production -
Native Trees in Wicklow
Private planting has expanded the woodland area to about 9-10% of the total land area of Ireland as illustrated here.
Courtesy of Annette Kelly.
Image is present on following page(s): The 1980s to the Present
Native Trees in Wicklow -
Dr. Arnold Horner, author of Physical Landscape.
Dr Horner has a long-time interest in the Geography of Ireland, broadly interpreted. More particularly, his study interests centre on Irish regions, especially the Dublin city-region, and the history of cartography in Ireland. He has twice been awarded a UCD President’s Research Fellowship, and he has also received awards from the former National Board for Science and Technology and the Irish Research Council for Human and Social Sciences. Dr Horner’s publications include contributions to a resource survey of Co. Kildare, census atlases on the agriculture and population of Ireland, and the section on Maynooth in the Irish Historic Towns Atlas. In recent years, Dr Horner has been researching the pioneering maps and surveys of the Bogs Commissioners of 1809-1814. His Mapping Offaly in the early nineteenth century: with an atlas of William Larkin’s map of King’s County 1809, was published by Wordwell in November 2006.
Copyright managed by the Library Council
Image is present on following page(s): Physical Landscape of Ireland, Physical Environment
Dr. Arnold Horner, author of Physical Landscape. -
North from Knock Hill
This view is west of Co. Offaly.
Courtesy of Arnold Horner 2006.
North from Knock Hill -
split hill esker
Split Hill Esker, north of Kilbeggan
Copyright Geological Survey of Ireland 2006.
split hill esker -
Slieve Bloom
These mountains represent another episode in the geological history of Ireland.
Courtesy of Arnold Horner 2006.
Image is present on following page(s): Landscape, Mountains, The Formation of the Physical Landscape, The Formation of the Physical Landscape, Ireland Geological Heritage
Slieve Bloom -
tower karst
Relict tower karst at Fenit, Co. Kerry
Copyright Geological Survey of Ireland 2006.
tower karst -
The River Barrow at St. Mullins, Co.Carlow
Photo of the River Barrow at St. Mullins, Co.Carlow.
Courtesy of Brian Shaw
The River Barrow at St. Mullins, Co.Carlow -
Terranes - the distinctive sets of rock material that are the basement for Ireland's geology.
This map identifies the distinct geological blocks that make up Ireland. The blocks orginated early in geological time and in different places. Major earth movements later brought them together. By approximetely 400 million years ago, the terranes in Ireland had reached their present arrangement.
Courtesy of the Geological Survey of Ireland 2006.
Image is present on following page(s): The Formation of the Physical Landscape, The Formation of the Physical Landscape
Terranes - the distinctive sets of rock material that are the basement for Ireland's geology. -
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Image is present on following page(s): Louth & Louthiana
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The Lordship of Castlecomer
Map of the Lordship of Castlecomer from Tighe's Statistical Survey of Kilkenny
Image is present on following page(s): Castlecomer Plateau
The Lordship of Castlecomer -
Map showing townlands with Druim in their name
A map showing the location of over 2200 townlands where the element ‘druim’ is used as either a prefix (as in Drumshanbo, Drumsna) or a suffix (as in Dundrum, Rathdrum). Some 900 (41%) of these townlands are concentrated in counties Fermanagh, Cavan, Monaghan and south Leitrim.
Copyright Atlas of Irish Place Names by Patrick O'Connor.
Image is present on following page(s): Physical Landscape of Ireland, Physical Environment
Map showing townlands with Druim in their name -
Gougane Barra
The name 'Gougane Barra' derives from St. Finbar, who according to tradition, built this monastery on the island here in the 6th century. With a capacity of approximetely 20 people, this religious sanctuary is still used today. Mass and religious wedding ceremonies are conducted daily with access from a land bridge onto the island.
Courtesy of Lensman and Mark Horrell.
Image is present on following page(s): Physical Landscape of Ireland, Physical Environment
Gougane Barra -
Yeats Portrait
Signed photograph of the poet, William Butler Yeats 1904
Copyright Sligo County Library.
Yeats Portrait -
Glendalough, Co. Wicklow
Glendalough, Co. Wicklow is an example of the U-shaped cross profile of an over deepened main valley.
Courtesy of Carsten Clasohm
Image is present on following page(s): Physical Landscape of Ireland, The Work of Ice, Physical Environment, The Work of Ice
Glendalough, Co. Wicklow -
Antrim Coast
The Ulster white limestone along the Antrim coast, overlain by basalt.
Courtesy of the Geological Survey of Ireland 2006.
Image is present on following page(s): Landscape, Physical Landscape of Ireland, Coastline, Physical Environment, Coastline
Antrim Coast -
Map of Fassadinan Barony
Map of Fassadinan Barony
Copyright managed by the Library Council
Image is present on following page(s): Castlecomer Plateau
Map of Fassadinan Barony -
Cover of Historical Notes of County Longford
Cover of Historical Notes of County Longford
Image is present on following page(s): Historical Features of County Longford
Cover of Historical Notes of County Longford -
Castlecomer Plateau
Castlecomer Plateau, from the North
Image is present on following page(s): Castlecomer Plateau
Castlecomer Plateau -
Longford County Map
Longford County Map
Image is present on following page(s): Historical Features of County Longford
Longford County Map