Map of Ireland from 1680 by a German cartographer

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  1. Gorgeous resolution on that image – very crisp and in-depth. I always love historical content like this on the subreddit. Thanks for the upload.

  2. Interesting the towns that get mentioned and those that are not: In south county Dublin we have Tallaght (makes sense) and Old Bawn.

    Also, I have never seen Bollock before.

  3. I’m going to assume that Coleck on the Northside of Dublin is actually Coolock.

    Edit : also interesting to see Palmerstown spelled as Palmerstone

  4. Clare was part of Connacht until 1639 and even later maps seemed unsure where to put it. It is west of the Shannon after all.

  5. My townland which unless you like in a 5km of it, you probably would never have heard of, is on that map-did we….did we used to be like…..something? We’ve got a church and a tiny national school and were doing well at that, how the hell did we end up on a map?

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