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| From Dursey to Darrit-Uliga-Delap: an insular odyssey Presidential Address to the Geographical Society of Ireland | Stephen A. Royle | 1-8 |  |
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| Townscape as text: the topography of social interaction in Fethard, county Tipperary, AD 1300-1700 | Tadhg O'Keeffe | 9-25 |  |
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| Directions of ice flow during the last glaciation in counties Meath, Westmeath and Cavan | Robert A. Meehan | 26-51 | |
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| Radiocarbon dated episode of Bronze Age slope instability in the south-eastern Burren, county Clare | Richard Moles, Norman Moles and James J. Leahy | 52-57 | |
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| The Inter-organisational Relationships in Irish Tourism: the example of Lough Derg | Kevin Griffin | 58-72 | |
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| Mary O'Regan - An Appreciation | Joseph P. Haughton and Gordon L. Herries Davies | 73 | |
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| Reviews | 74-75 | |||
| Reviews of Maps and Mapping | 75-77 |
Townscape as text: the topography of social interaction in Fethard, county Tipperary, AD 1300-1700
Social order within medieval towns was simultaneously created by and reflected in the macro-scale structuring of the townscape and the micro-scale structuring of the buildings within it. Observed changes in the layout and architecture of towns through the medieval and early modern periods reflect changes in the practices of social interaction. This matter is explored in this paper in the context of Fethard,county Tipperary, where medieval fabric is exceptionally well-preserved.
Directions of ice flow during the last glaciation in counties Meath, Westmeath and Cavan
Ice flow direction indicators in north-west County Meath and adjacent parts of Westmeath and Cavan are described. Drumlins, striae, roche moutonnées, and other streamlined features, as well as till fabrics, suggest a general flow during glacial maximum of north-west to south-east when combined with erratic carriage data. Analysis of
the configuration of ice marginal moraines and subglacially deposited esker
ridges deposited during glacial retreat, as well as till fabric analysis of
deglacial sediments, suggest a more complicated retreat of ice, with margins
oriented south-west to north-east prevailing in the south and east of the study
area. Further to the west and south-west there seems to be an element of
retreat towards the west, with a north-south trending ice margin. This is
suggested as providing evidence for a decoupling of the ice into separate lobes
in that area.
Radiocarbon dated episode of Bronze Age slope instability in the south-eastern Burren, county Clare
While previously reported evidence from lacustrine sediments has linked Burren soil erosion to anthropogenic forest clearance, there have been no previous accounts of dateable episodes of prehistoric slope instability based on evidence from terrestrial sites. Described here is the occurrence of charcoal buried to a depth of c. 2m within
diamicton at a site on Knockanes hill close to Mullach Mór hill in the
south-eastern Burren. An AMS radiocarbon date places the formation of this charcoal
in the Bronze Age, contemporary with exceptionally high rates of soil erosion
and forest clearance in a nearby lake catchment. EMS images indicate that the
charcoal is of fine grained deciduous wood, most probably hazel (Corylus
avellana) but perhaps birch (Betula spp.). Results of analyses of diamictons
present in the vicinity of the charcoal support the view that the pattern of
occurrence of diamictons in the present day Burren landscape is in part the
product of prehistoric mass movement.
The Inter-organisational Relationships in Irish Tourism: the example of Lough Derg
The data presented in this paper are drawn from research work carried out by the author into the operation and organisation of Irish tourism at a local level. In carrying out this work 104 tourism operators were surveyed in detail in order to assess their attitudes and opinions on a number of issues. The two dominant themes which emerged from
this research were the highly varied nature of the tourism operations and the
multitude of service providers with whom they interact. The purpose of this
paper is to illustrate this diversity of Inter-organisational Relationships
(IORs) and to propose an organisational structure which may aid in minimising
such complexities.
Mary O'Regan - An Appreciation
Mary O'Regan died in the North Middlesex Hospital on 10th November 1998. Ten days later she was laid to rest in Rooske Cemetery in county Meath, following Mass in Saints Peter and Paul's Church at Dunboyne. Her passing was widely regretted among the older members of the Irish geographical community. Between 1972 and the completion of the project in 1979, Mary had been with the Royal Irish Academy as co-ordinating Secretary of the Atlas of Ireland. In that role, she became one of the most familiar figures upon the Irish geographical scene as her responsibilities took her from sub-committee to sub-committee, and from geography department to
geography department. She was like the butterfly of summer as, with great
efficiency, she went about the task of collecting her cartographic nectar. In
the performance of that task she earned wide respect and much affection. The
eventual success of the Atlas project owed much to her energy, to her
understanding, and - this - by no means least - to her patient diplomacy.
Mary was born in 1922. She attended school at the Convent of Sion, in London's Bayswater, from 1926 until 1938, in which year she entered King's College, London, to read for a BSc in geography, with geology as her subsidiary subject. The Lecturer-in-Charge of the department was then the noted geomorphologist Sidney William Wooldridge (1900-1963). Upon the outbreak of World War II his department was evacuated to Bristol, and it was there that Mary sat her Final Examination in 1942.
Following her graduation she became a Research Assistant in the Ministry of Town and Country Planning (established 1943) where she inaugurated the map library and herself compiled several of the maps intended for a National Atlas of Britain. Marriage brought a temporary end to her geographical career in 1947, and she eventually found herself first in Malaya (1960-63), where Dermot, her husband, was the Chief Executive of the
Malayan Industrial Finance Co., and then in Iran (1965-70), where he was
Director of Industrial Development Projects for the United Nations. In Iran she
was engaged to edit several papers for that country's Geological Survey.
Dermot's retirement allowed them to take up residence in Ireland, the soil of their roots, where their son Paul was already living. From her new home in Foxrock, Mary began her work upon the Atlas of Ireland, but she also found time for many another activity. She was a member of Dublin Naturalists' Field Club, of the Irish Astronomical Society, of the Irish Georgian Society, and of An Taisce. With the Geographical Society of Ireland
she served as a most effective Treasurer from 1974 until 1981. She spent two
years pursuing an evening course in astronomy at University College Dublin and
at Bolton Street College of Technology she followed a course in printing,
book-binding and book-design.
The death of her husband in May 1976, and then the completion of the Atlas project released Mary from her Dublin obligations, and she eventually returned to London to care for her aged mother. Now her own death has removed from the scene somebody who was a pivotal figure in the story of one of the most remarkable of all Irish geographical endeavours. Her Irish cartographic memorial is to be found among the several hundred maps which are the Atlas of Ireland. Those of us who worked alongside her during the 1970s
will carry a mental memorial of her as a cultivated lady of rare talent and
immense charm.
