Landscape and Society in Contemporary Ireland

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Landscape and Society in Contemporary Ireland Landscape and Society in Contemporary Ireland Brendan McGrath Landscape and Society in Contemporary Ireland Brendan McGrath Acknowledgements ix 1. Introduction 1 2. Culture 15 3. Nature 31 4. Change 47 5. Conflict 71 6. Property and commodity 89 7. History, memory and dreams 109 8. Beauty 131 9. New technology and beauty 151 10. Landscape and rural housing 167 11. Making the most of landscape 185 Figure sources and attributions 205 Bibliography 207 Notes 214 CONTENTS First published in 2013 by Cork University Press Youngline Industrial Estate Pouladuff Road, Togher Cork, Ireland© Brendan McGrath, 2013 All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reprinted or reproduced by any electronic, mechanical or other means, now known or hereafter invented, including photocopying and recording or otherwise, without either the prior written permission of the Publishers, or a licence permitting, restricted copying in Ireland issued by the Irish Copyright Licensing Agency Ltd, 25 Denzille Lane, Dublin 2. British Library Cataloguing in Publication data. A CIP catalogue record for this book is available from the Library of Congress. ISBN: 978-1-909005-71-6 Printed by Graphy Cems, Navarra, Spain. Designed and typeset by Anú Design, Tara. Maps reproduced by kind permission of Ordnance Survey Ireland Ordnance Survey Ireland Permit No. 8881© Ordnance Survey Ireland/Government of Ireland ...