On April 26 Gillian Doherty, who has written a cultural and intellectual history of the Ordnance Survey which mapped Ireland from 1824 to 1846, will give a talk on this fascinating subject. She draws on an archive of remarkable material which gives insight to many aspects of the Irish people, their culture, folklore, historical memory and genealogy, religious practices and social structures in the first part of the nineteenth century.

Her talk will touch on the historical, archaeological and cultural aspects of Ireland before the Great Famine. Gillian Doherty is a lecturer in the Department of History in University College Cork.

To book seats or for any further information for any of these events, please contact Gerard Whelan on 01 240 7256 or via e-mail at ger.whelan@rds.ie