Digital Atlas of Dungarvan

Based on content for Irish Historic Towns Atlas, no. 30, Dungarvan/Dún Garbhán by John Martin (forthcoming, October 2020)

About the Project

Freely available and accessible online, the  Digital Atlas of Dungarvan  is an interactive map created by the Irish Historic Towns Atlas project at the Royal Irish Academy. It provides detailed historical information about streets, buildings and sites in Dungarvan, overlaying them on a series of town plans of different dates.

The Digital Atlas of Dungarvan is a  National Heritage Week  2020 project. Produced by the Irish Historic Towns Atlas, Royal Irish Academy, it is supported by partners Waterford City and County Council, Ordnance Survey Ireland and the National Archives of Ireland. The atlas and this StoryMap were created using ESRI software.

Author John Martin with Jennifer Moore (Editorial Assistant, Irish Historic Towns Atlas) at Dungarvan Castle

Background

The Digital Atlas is based on content from  Irish Historic Towns Atlas, no. 30, Dungarvan/Dún Garbhán . The author is John Martin, and the print version of the atlas will be published in October 2020, though it is available for pre-order now.

The  Digital Atlas of Dungarvan  provides layers of historic Ordnance Survey maps that show how the town has changed over time. A specially digitised key map shows the town in 1841, where detailed historical information on c. 650 individual sites has been incorporated. This will be an invaluable tool for heritage hunters, locals and school classrooms alike.

Scroll down the pages of this StoryMap to learn how to use the atlas to find out more about Dungarvan's rich urban history and to learn more about the Irish Historic Towns Atlas project.

Now take a look at the  Digital Atlas of Dungarvan 

Credits

Please acknowledge and reference material taken from this resource. Credit as follows: ‘Digital Atlas of Dungarvan’ from John Martin, Irish Historic Towns Atlas, no. 30, Dungarvan/Dún Garbhán (Royal Irish Academy, Dublin, 2020).

The Royal Irish Academy acknowledges the support of Waterford City and County Council for funding towards the Irish Historic Towns Atlas of Dungarvan. Particular thanks are due to Bernadette Guest, Heritage Officer, Joanne Rothwell, Archivist, and William Fraher and the team in Waterford County Museum, Dungarvan. We also wish to thank colleagues at ESRI (Eamonn Doyle and Aine Meehan), Ordnance Survey Ireland (Lorraine McNerney, Gerry Kavanagh and Fergus Fahey), Queen’s University Belfast (Keith Lilley) and the Royal Irish Academy IT department for their continued support of IHTA digital.

GIS and StoryMap:

Rachel Murphy

Project co-ordination and cartography:

Sarah Gearty

 Text input and editing:

Jennifer Moore

Academic content:

John Martin

Academic editors:

H.B. Clarke, Raymond Gillespie, Jacinta Prunty, Michael Potterton, Anngret Simms

Digitisation:

Frank Cullen

Author John Martin with Jennifer Moore (Editorial Assistant, Irish Historic Towns Atlas) at Dungarvan Castle