Mapping city, town and country since 1824: the Ordnance Survey in Ireland - RIA Library/IHTA Lunchtime Lectures Lecture delivered by Paul Walsh on behalf of Prof. Ó Muraíle. Please use the accompanying handout (http://www.slideshare.net/theroyalirishacademy/handout-murale) when following this lecture and see accompanying powerpoint presentation. http://www.slideshare.net/theroyalirishacademy/n-murale-8-oct This paper addresses the difficulties of naming places in Ireland, the work done by the OS Topographical Dept. and especially John O'Donovan to ensure that names used on the 6" maps were as accurate as possible. The difficulties presented by the Irish language, the methodologies used by Placenames staff and the tensions between accommodating the Irish language origins or versions of names and later Anglicised forms are discussed, as are the compromises which were made. The accuracy of O'Donovan's method is assessed.
Mapping city, town and country since 1824: the Ordnance Survey in Ireland - RIA Library/IHTA Lunchtime Lectures Lecture delivered by Paul Walsh on behalf of Prof. Ó Muraíle. Please use the accompanying handout (http://www.slideshare.net/theroyalirishacademy/handout-murale) when following this lecture and see accompanying powerpoint presentation. http://www.slideshare.net/theroyalirishacademy/n-murale-8-oct This paper addresses the difficulties of naming places in Ireland, the work done by the OS Topographical Dept. and especially John O'Donovan to ensure that names used on the 6" maps were as accurate as possible. The difficulties presented by the Irish language, the methodologies used by Placenames staff and the tensions between accommodating the Irish language origins or versions of names and later Anglicised forms are discussed, as are the compromises which were made. The accuracy of O'Donovan's method is assessed.