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The IHTA is a research programme of the Royal Irish Academy & produces historic atlases of towns on the island of Ireland from earliest times to 1900 Go deeper: https://www.ria.ie/research-programmes/irish-historic-towns-atlas//

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To discover more about fascinating history and development of the city for free, you can view or download #IHTA no. 28 Galway/Gaillimh by Jacinta Prunty and Paul Walsh please visit: www.ria.ie/irish-histor... #MapMonday #IHTA 8/8

In the recent IHTA Seminar on 'Water, Towns and Topography', Paul Walsh discussed the impact of water and the ridges on which Galway was built in further detail www.youtube.com/watch?v=vWCw.... #MapMonday #IHTA 3/8

We move further west to Galway for our next #MapMonday. Irish Historic Towns Atlas no. 28, Galway/Gaillimh by Jacinta Prunty and Paul Walsh was published by the @ria.ie in 2016. #IHTA #MapMonday 1/8

Galway continued to develop in the 19th cent. with public works from canals, bridges, railways, port, quays etc. with industries, like distilling, harnessing the power of the River Corrib Explore more with the Digital Atlas of Galway: ihta.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappv... #MapMonday #IHTA 7/8

Galway was a thriving medieval port with several successful merchant families including the Lynchs, Joyces, Martins and Browns, all lending themselves to topographical features throughout the city, notably Lynch’s Castle, which now functions as a bank. #MapMonday #IHTA 5/8

Many of these families were remembered in the Pictorial Map of Galway that captured the city at its prime. Although compiled in the 1660s, it looked back to pre-Cromwellian Galway. It shows all elements of civic life and death, notably ‘where justice is executed’ For more: tinyurl.com/bdcspf33 6/8

The city is shaped by the fast-flowing water from the River Corrib on metamorphic rock that is ‘sandwiched between the comparatively flat carboniferous limestone to the east ... and the granites of the Connemara region to the west’. #MapMonday #IHTA 2/8

Although a Gaelic dún had existed in the area, it was the Anglo-Norman family of Richard de Burgh who built the first castle in 1232, some of the foundations of which were excavated in 1997 & later in 2018 and are visible in through a glass floor of a shop on Quay Street. #MapMonday #IHTA 4/8

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The Manuscript of the Week is RIA MS 23 P 2, the Book of Lecan. The manuscript is an early 15th-century compilation of Irish genealogical, historical, biblical and hagiographical material.

Yesterday, the Royal Irish Academy officially launched the Waterford’s Transported Convict Women online exhibition, a powerful new resource exploring the lives of women transported from Waterford to Tasmania between 1788 and 1853. Read more about the launch: www.ria.ie/2026/06/03/t...