2009 Press Releases
The Iveragh Peninsula: A Cultural Atlas of the Ring of Kerry
17.07.2009
The Iveragh Peninsula: A Cultural Atlas of the Ring of Kerry (editors John Crowley and John Sheehan (UCC), published by Cork University Press, will be launched today (Friday, July 17th 2009) by John A Murphy, Emeritus Professor of History, UCC and John O'Donoghue, TD, An Ceann Comhairle at Tech Amergin Community and Arts and Education Centre, Waterville, County Kerry.
17.07.2009
The Iveragh Peninsula: A Cultural Atlas of the Ring of Kerry (editors John Crowley and John Sheehan (UCC), published by Cork University Press, will be launched today (Friday, July 17th 2009) by John A Murphy, Emeritus Professor of History, UCC and John O'Donoghue, TD, An Ceann Comhairle at Tech Amergin Community and Arts and Education Centre, Waterville, County Kerry.
The Iveragh Peninsula, often referred to as the 'Ring of Kerry', is one of Ireland's most dramatic and beautiful landscapes. This cultural atlas, comprising over fifty individual chapters and case studies, provides the reader with a broad range of perspectives on the peninsula and the human interactions with it since prehistoric times to the present day.
Although not a conventional atlas, it contains many historic and newly commissioned maps from over 40 contributors. It also combines many different approaches towards understanding the distinctive character - both physical and human - of this unique landscape.
The opening chapters explore the physical and environmental setting of the peninsula. Subsequent chapters deal with its development over the millennia and the influences that have shaped it. Iveragh's past and present are considered, using the evidence of disciplines such as archaeology, art-history, cartography, folklore, geography, geology, history, mythology and zoology. The range of topics that arise from this approach is tremendously wide, and occasionally surprising.
The Iveragh Peninsula: A Cultural Atlas of the Ring of Kerry
Further information about the book is available on http://www.corkuniversitypress.com
Although not a conventional atlas, it contains many historic and newly commissioned maps from over 40 contributors. It also combines many different approaches towards understanding the distinctive character - both physical and human - of this unique landscape.
The opening chapters explore the physical and environmental setting of the peninsula. Subsequent chapters deal with its development over the millennia and the influences that have shaped it. Iveragh's past and present are considered, using the evidence of disciplines such as archaeology, art-history, cartography, folklore, geography, geology, history, mythology and zoology. The range of topics that arise from this approach is tremendously wide, and occasionally surprising.
The Iveragh Peninsula: A Cultural Atlas of the Ring of Kerry
Further information about the book is available on http://www.corkuniversitypress.com