Sligo Irish Historic Towns Atlas
Marie-Louise Legg & Fiona Gallagher,
Anglo-Norman parks in medieval Ireland - Fiona Beglane
This
illustrated
volume
examines
the
evidence
for
medieval
parks
in
Anglo-Norman
Ireland.
It
is
the
first
book
on
the
subject
and
concentrates
on
the
parks
documented
in
the
period
1169
to
c.1350.
Drawing
on
archaeological
fieldwork,
historical
and
place-name
evidence,
it
generates
a
broad
understanding
of
the
role
of
parks
in
medieval
society.
It
stresses
the
importance
of
the
landscape
and
of
the
deer,
cattle
and
timber
within
it
as
integral
aspects
of
the
material
culture
of
high-
medieval
Ireland.
The
research
is
underpinned
by
extensive
fieldwork,
which
has
identified
surviving
park
features
in
the
landscape.
Key
topics
explored
include
the
form
and
function
of
medieval
parks,
their
occurrence
and
location
in
the
landscape,
the
status
and
identity
of
their
owners
and
a
comparison
with
parks
elsewhere.
Notably,
the
evidence
suggests
that
both
parks
and
fallow
deer
were
relatively
uncommon
in
Ireland
compared
to
England.
The
reasons
for
this
lie
in
chronology,
landscape
and
politics,
and
these
form
a
major
theme
within
the
book.Fiona
Beglane
is
a
lecturer
in
archaeology
at
the
Institute
of
Technology,
Sligo,
and
a
consultant
zooarchaeologist and a SFC Member.
Steeped in Sligo’s Past,
Actively Securing Sligo’s Future
Archaeology, History, Natural History and Heritage
Established 1945
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INTEREST
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Dedicated to Sligo Author : Martin Timoney (ed.)
A
wide
range
of
authors
describe,
analyse,
interpret
and
re-
interpret
parts
of
the
complex
understudied,
and
at
times
misunderstood,
archive
of
eight
thousand
years
of
Co.
Sligo’s
past.
Drawing
on
new
and
exciting
knowledge
about
what
Sligo
looked
like
at
times
in
the
remote
past,
the
events
which
changed
lifestyles
and
the
products
of
humble
and
status
craftsmen
the
authors
give
us
a
greater
understanding
of
our
county
and
its
place
in
Ireland’s
past
and
present
and
they
inform
us
of
some
inspired
intellectual
and
artistic
giants
of
more
recent
centuries.
The
illustrations
draw
us
out
into
the
Sligo
landscape,
so
richly
endowed
with
the
natural
beauty,
archaeology and history that surrounds us all the
days of our lives.
A Celebration of Sligo: First Essays for Sligo Field
Club [Hardback]
This
collection
of
34
essays
celebrates
fifty
years
of
the
Sligo
Field
Club
and
reflect
the
interests
of
its
members
in
the
archaeology
and
environment
of
County
Sligo,
Ireland.
A
wide
variety
of
subjects
are
included
supported
by
photographs,
illustrations
and
maps.
ISBN:
9780952809104
|
Published
by:
Sligo
Field
Club
|
Year
of
Publication:
2002 |
336p, b/w illus, maps
Cian Harte ‘The Lost Tales: Riverstown's Great War, 1914-1918'
"This book is primarily a character focussed study, reconstructing the lives of soldiers, sailors, nurses, chaplains and stokers from the local
community of Riverstown. Almost eighty people were involved in the war from this area, with dozens failing to return home.
'The Lost Tales: Riverstown's Great War, 1914-1918' is a unique insight into the lives and community of the greater Riverstown area
during the destructive years of the First World War. The life of the village will be explored with a focus upon the upsurge of radical republicanism and Sinn Féin
and how changing attitudes at home affected the lives of the men at the front."
Sligo Field Club celebrated its 70
th
Anniversary.
To mark this auspicious event the SFC published a Journal on County Sligo
and the North West.
In 1945 the Sligo Antiquarian Society was founded. A year later it re-named itself the Sligo Field Club. Despite a
transitional period in its initial decade, by 1954 the SFC had established itself as an active society promoting the
Archaeology, History, Natural History and Heritage of Sligo Town and County. To mark this occasion a SFC
Journal has been published with articles from members and the general public comprising of topics covering a
very wide scope that encompass County Sligo and the North-West.
The Journal is available at Liber Bookshop, O’Connell St, Sligo
and many other good bookshops in Sligo.
‘The Lost Tales: Riverstown’s Troubles, 1919-1923’
is
the
second
publication
in
‘The
Lost
Tales’
series
by
local
historian/author
Cían
Harte.
The
book
deals
with
the
years
Ireland
sought
to
attain
freedom
from
the
British
Empire
within
the
local
context
of
rural
east
Sligo.
It
follows
the
activities
of
the
5th
IRA
Riverstown
Battalion
from
the
beginning
of
the
War
of
Independence
to
the
end
of
the
bloody
and
divisive
Civil
War.
The
publication
is
the
culmination
of
a
long
research
process
which
included
accessing
IRA
pension
service
files,
IRA
witness
statements,
contacting
next
of
kin
all
around
the
world,
as
well
as
knowledgeable
locals
of
the
area.
Much material had to be handled with great care due to the sensitive nature of the material to hand.
The
author
appreciates
how
this
period
was
extremely
fluid
in
terms
of
local
political
allegiances.
He
has
sought
to
hear
the
side
of
all
arguments
and
write
in
a
non-partisan
manner.
As
a
result,
the
book
contains
unique
biographies
of
Royal
Irish
Constabulary
enlistees
as
well
as
character
.portraits
on
local
Volunteers,
politicians,
Cumann
na
mBan
members
and
Free
State
army
soldiers.
Furthermore,
an
appendix
includes
all
known
volunteers
of
the
5th
Battalion,
encompassing
well
over
350
names
with
personal
detail
gathered
on
every
single
member.
Dozens
of
contemporary
pictures
are
also
included
within
the
pages
of
the
book.
As
well
as
the
factual
narratives
of
the
first
few
chapters,
locals
of
the
area
have
also
been
provided
a
space
in
a
chapter
titled:
‘Orals
Tales
of
the
Past’
which
provide
a
forum
for
locals
to
retell
the
old
stories
they
heard
in
the
days
of
the
rambling
house.
Many
such
stories
are
quite
humorous
in
nature
Gerry
Foley
The
Benbulbin
Barytes
Miners,
The
Forgotten
Story
The
book
is
on
sale
at
€12
in
the
Liber
and
Eason
bookstores
in
Sligo
and
other
outlets,
including
country
markets,
throughout
the
North
Sligo/Leitrim area.
The
24th
in
the
IHTA
series
records
the
topographical
development
of
Sligo
from
earliest
times
to
c.
1900
*
Over
20
historical
and
old
views
are
presented
in
colour
on
A3
sheets
with
additional
thematic
maps
and
illustrations
in
the
accompanying
text.
*
The
extensive
topographical
gazetteer
documents
over
1000
topographical
sites
in
Sligo
and
is
accompanied
by
an
essay
explaining
the
urban
morphological
development
of
the
town.
Over
1000
sites
are
documented
in
Sligo
depicting
the
urban
development
of
the
strategically
situated
north-western
town.
The
atlas
traces
growth
from
Gaelic
settlement
to
the
medieval
town
that
developed
around
Sligo
Castle,
to
its
early
modern
military
presence
through
to
the
twentieth
century.
Sligo
includes
twenty-one
maps
and
views
of
Sligo
as
thematic
maps
included
in
the
essay
and
topographical
gazetteer.
Also
included
is
a
CD-ROM
of
the
publication
where
the
text
is
word
searchable
and
the
maps
and
images
are
in
high
resolution
allowing
for
detailed
examination
Sligo Irish Historic Towns Atlas
Marie-Louise Legg & Fiona Gallagher,
2018©PJAllen
