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<TITLE>Mapping Limerick's Urban History TODAY Wednesday April 21 @ 18h00 John Holland Lecture Theatre D1-050</TITLE>
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<P><B><FONT SIZE=4 FACE="Arial">Dr. Eamon O'Flaherty</FONT></B>
<BR><B><FONT COLOR="#FF0000" SIZE=5 FACE="Arial">Mapping Limerick's Urban History</FONT></B>
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<P><B><FONT FACE="Arial">A summary overview of the urban development of</FONT></B>
<BR><B><FONT FACE="Arial">Limerick from Viking settlement to present day,</FONT></B>
<BR><B><FONT FACE="Arial">as it can be established from historic maps</FONT></B>
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<P><B><FONT SIZE=4 FACE="Arial">Wednesday, 21 April 2010</FONT></B>
<BR><B><FONT SIZE=4 FACE="Arial">Starting at 6pm</FONT></B>
<BR><B><FONT SIZE=4 FACE="Arial">John Holland Lecture Theatre D1-050</FONT></B>
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<P ALIGN=JUSTIFY><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Dr Eamon O'Flaherty will give a summary overview of the urban development of Limerick over time, from Viking settlement to present day, as it can be established from historic maps.</FONT></P>
<P ALIGN=JUSTIFY><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Wednesday, 21 April 2010 @ 18h00</FONT></P>
<P ALIGN=JUSTIFY><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">John Holland Theatre D1-050</FONT></P>
<P ALIGN=JUSTIFY><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Dr Eamon O'Flaherty is the author of the recently published Limerick Atlas, a collection of historic maps featuring fascinating illustrations, plans and accounts of the city. The collection includes three splendid Elizabethan maps from around 1590 which pre-date Dublin’s earliest known map by 20 years.</FONT></P>
<P ALIGN=JUSTIFY><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Historian and UL colleague Dr John Logan has described the Limerick Atlas as “the single most important publication on the history of the city since Lenihan's history in 1866”. He added; “It changes the way we look at the city as a place of work and living and make us realise the city's immense, but too often overlooked, potential and possibilities. Planners, historians, architects, teachers, students, and all well-informed citizens will all want to have a copy. It is, simply, indispensable.”</FONT></P>
<P ALIGN=JUSTIFY><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">SAUL, the School of Architecture at the University of Limerick, invites the interested campus community to join this talk.</FONT></P>
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<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">The Irish Historic Towns Atlas no. 21 Limerick by Eamon O’Flaherty is published by the Royal Irish Academy and costs €35. For more on the project see </FONT><A HREF="file://www.ria.ie/projects/ihta"><U><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">www.ria.ie/projects/ihta</FONT></U></A></P>
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