Irish Historic Towns Atlas

This dataset shows the locations of towns identified in the Royal Irish Academy (RIA) Historic Towns Atlas. The Historic Towns Atlas displays towns of over 3000 inhabitants and urban district towns along with information about their origin. The Atlas was used to identify the settlements and the locations were digitised based on coordinates for the settlements. The dataset shows towns within 2 km of the coast.

Data and resources

Additional information

Temporal extent2019-11-15 – 2019-11-20
Date (creation)1970-12-31
Date (publication)2022-08-31
StatusonGoing
Update frequencyasNeeded
Metadata languageen
LicenseConditions for access and use apply
Source metadataISO 19115 XML
Last updated2026-11-04
Created2026-11-04
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