The Book of the Irish Countryside.
Author: MITCHELL, Frank (Introduction).
Belfast: Blackstaff Press, 1987. 288 pages. Illustrated. Hardback.
The Book of the Irish Countryside is a richly illustrated treasury of information on the island of Ireland: its landforms and weather patterns, landscapes and scenery, trees and plants; its natural environment as habitat for birds, fish and mammals; and the complex interaction between land and people.
Geologists and geographers, naturalists and historians, archaeologists, explorers, folklorists and environmentalists have all contributed to this busy and challenging book. They examine the surprising diversity of the island’s weather and natural features - from wetlands, mountains and peatlands to woods, caves, limestone pavements and drumlins. They discuss how animal and plant life first reached Ireland and how it is surviving the onslaughts of twentieth-century urbanisation, pollution and farming methods. There are articles on forestry, waterways, ancient monuments, thatched cottages and much more.
The writers have in common a heartfelt desire to save Ireland’s natural richness from further destruction. They urge their readers to learn, discover, enjoy and preserve…
CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION
Frank Mitchell
THE ISLAND OF IRELAND
Frank Mitchell
THE COUNTRYSIDE FROM SPACE
John Feehan
THE CLIMATE OF IRELAND
Thomas Keane
IRELAND’S GEOLOGY
John Feehan
LAND OF FLYING VISITS
Roger Goodwillie
ISLAND OF BIRDS
Clive Hutchinson
SOME IRISH LANDSCAPES
Frank Mitchell
THE SPERRINS
Gwen Buchanan
FROM WICKLOW TO THE SHANNON ESTUARY
A Coastal Journey
Frank Mitchell
THE VIEW FROM ERRISBEG
Connemara and the Aran Islands
Tim Robinson
THE GLENS OF ANTRIM
Cahal Dallat
THE MOURNES
James Busby
HIDDEN LANDSCAPES
Gareth Jones
THE NORTH COAST
Bill Carter
THE BURREN UPLANDS
Crossing the Pass
Tim Robinson
IRISH ISLANDS AND THEIR MONASTERIES
Michael Herity
VARIETY IN LANDSCAPE
Frank Mitchell
THE NATURAL HABITATS
Frank Mitchell
PEATLANDS OF IRELAND
Margaret Cruickshank
OAKWOODS
Roger Goodwillie
MOUNTAINS
Sean Ryan
THE FLOW OF THE RIVER
Roger Goodwillie
CONIFEROUS WOODS
Roger Goodwillie
HEDGEROWS
Declan Doogue
WETLANDS
Roger Goodwillie
SEASCAPE AS HABITAT
Strangford Lough
R.A. Brown
WILDLIFE IN THE COUNTRYSIDE
Frank Mitchell
INTRODUCED PLANTS AND ANIMALS
Roger Goodwillie
BIRDS
Clive Hutchinson
OWLS
James Fairley
FLORA
Roger Goodwillie
BIRD SONG
Roger Goodwillie
SNAILS AND SLUGS
Declan Doogue
FISH
Robert O’Kelly
MAMMALS
James Fairley
INSECTS
Declan Doogue
THE TAMING OF THE COUNTRYSIDE
Frank Mitchell
THE CHANGING FLORA
Declan Doogue
THEN AND NOW
Farming in the Republic
Paddy Smith
FORESTRY IN NORTHERN IRELAND
Janet Wilson
INLAND WATERWAYS
Ruth Heard
WOODLANDS IN NORTHERN IRELAND
Roy Tomlinson
CULTIVATING THE COUNTRYSIDE
Farming Landscapes in Northern Ireland
James Armstrong
NATIONAL PARKS IN THE REPUBLIC
Alan Craig
HUMAN IMPRINTS ON THE COUNTRYSIDE
Frank Mitchell
HISTORY IN THE LANDSCAPE
The Stone Age
The Bronze Age
From the Iron Age to recent times
Michael Ryan
STONEWALLS
John Feehan
MILLS AND HOUSES
Drawings by Michael Craig
DYES FROM THE COUNTRYSIDE
Mairead Dunlevy
BRIDGES
Michael Barry
POTTERIES
Mairead Dunlevy
FOLK TRADITION AND THE RURAL ENVIRONMENT
Seamas MacPhilib
GRAVEYARDS AND GRAVESTONES
Richard Clarke
POLLUTION
Roger Goodwillie
INDEX
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
ISBN: 0856403849
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