Exercise of authority

Land Surveying in Ireland, 1690–1830

Finnian Ó Cionnaith

Ireland's rich history of manuscript and printed maps is testament to the information that earlier generations sought from the environment around them. Although…

The Georgian Squares of Dublin

An architectural history

Dublin City Council

Dublin's Georgian squares are 18th-century architectural gems and this is the first publication to examine each of them in detail. Essays by conservation archit…

The eighteenth-century Dublin town house

Form, function and finance

Christine Casey, editor

In the 18th century Dublin grew spectacularly; in the last quarter of a century, understanding of that growth has increased enormously. This book brings togethe…

Mapping, measurement and metropolis

How land surveyors shaped eighteenth-century Dublin

Finnian Ó Cionnaith

This comprehensively illustrated book charts the exceptional impact that a small group of land surveyors had on the development of Dublin city during the eighte…