01.10.2024, 18:30 P.M.
Maps and the Story of Dublin by Dr Joseph Brady, Adjunct Associate Professor, School of Geography, UCD and co-author of Dublin: Mapping the City (2023).
This is the first talk in the Irish Georgian Society and Dublin City Council's talk series, Depicting Dublin: understanding Dublin’s architecture, urban morphology and social history through maps, prints, drawings and photographs.
ABSRACT: Maps can be astonishing repositories of information. They summarise data, place it in its spatial context and add detail which is impossible to capture in text. Dr Brady's talk will present a number of maps of Dublin from different eras and explore what they tell us about the Dublin of their time.
BIOGRAPHY: Dr Joe Brady is an urban geographer who has published extensively on the development of Dublin. Particular interests are the provision of social housing and the maps of the city. He is Adjunct Associate Professor at the School of Geography, UCD and co-author with Paul Ferguson of Dublin: Mapping the City (2023).
Attendance at the talk is recognised by the Royal Institute of the Architects of Ireland as formal CPD (1 point per hour long talk) and the Irish Planning Institute. The IGS will issue CPD certs at the end of the course.
IMAGE: Sandymount if Abercrombie's plan had been implemented.
Talks take place at 6.30pm in the Irish Georgian Society's City Assembly House, 58 South William Street, Dublin 2. Talk subscribers can also choose to watch the talks live online. A zoom link to watch the talk live will be issued the day before each talk. Additionally, all talk subscribers will be issued with a recording of the talk the day after, which they can watch for a further two-week period.
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS: This talk is part of the Irish Georgian Society's Conservtion Education Programme which is supported by the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage. The Society also wishes to thank Dublin City Council's Heritage Office for partnering on this talk series, and The Heritage Council for their support of the Irish Georgian Society.
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