[OSM-talk-ie] FW: Sheet request
Dave Foley
dafo43 at outlook.ie
Sun Jan 25 22:39:56 UTC 2015
Not that I know of anyway. The website is currently down but I think http://www.histpop.org/ lists the parish alongside the townlands. Obviously a map would be easier to work with though.
Good work on finishing Antrim!
dafo
> From: sroulston at me.com
> Date: Sun, 25 Jan 2015 22:11:11 +0000
> To: talk-ie at openstreetmap.org
> Subject: Re: [OSM-talk-ie] FW: Sheet request
>
> Thanks Dafo.
>
> Are there any maps of parishes available, do you know?
>
> Stephen
>
> > On 24 Jan 2015, at 19:52, Dave Foley <dafo43 at outlook.ie> wrote:
> >
> > According to Wikipedia: The civil parishes were originally subdivisions of baronies, each in turn a collection of townlands.
> > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barony_(Ireland)
> >
> > It also says the boundaries haven't changed much since 1898 so the townlands that have been mapped should be accurate for making up the boundaries.
> >
> > Based on what I read I will assume changes to the county boundaries such as Wicklow being extended into Dublin did not also change the barony boundary.
> >
> > Dafo
> >
> >> Date: Sat, 24 Jan 2015 17:52:17 +0100
> >> From: rory at technomancy.org
> >> To: talk-ie at openstreetmap.org
> >> Subject: Re: [OSM-talk-ie] FW: Sheet request
> >>
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> >> Hi Stephen,
> >>
> >> Yes as far as I know, baronies are totally made up of townlands.
> >>
> >> Rory
> >>
> >>> On 23/01/15 02:00, Stephen Roulston wrote:
> >>> Thanks for the info on the Barony maps Rory. I will certainly have
> >>> a go at the Antrim one. Do Barony boundaries coincide with townland
> >>> boundaries?
> >>>
> >>> Stephen
> >>>
> >>>> On 20 Jan 2015, at 20:34, Rory McCann <rory at technomancy.org>
> >>>> wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>>>> On 20/01/15 20:35, Dave Foley wrote: A few more questions if
> >>>>>> nobody minds:
> >>>
> >>>>>> 1. Why do townlands have ARP written underneath them?
> >>>
> >>> ARP = Acres, Roods and Perches, an imperial unit of measurement
> >>> that's not used anymore. Those numbers tell you the area of the
> >>> townland. townlands.ie shows the area of townlands in many units,
> >>> including "ARP".
> >>>
> >>> I find the area helpful when mapping, you can tell if it's a big
> >>> townland or small one, which can help you find the border.
> >>>
> >>>>>> 2. How are people mapping EDs currently? I can see some ED
> >>>>>> boundaries but I find it hard enough even to see townland
> >>>>>> boundaries without trying to work out EDs. I don't see any
> >>>>>> names either. 3. I've seen some low-res maps for baronies,
> >>>>>> are there any other maps for this? 4. Are there maps for
> >>>>>> Civil Parishes?
> >>>
> >>> One way (which I haven't tried much) is to use indexes and match it
> >>> up by townlands. So if you know that ED X is made up of townland A,
> >>> B and C, you can map it that way.
> >>>
> >>> There are some barony maps available here:
> >>> http://mapwarper.net/maps/tag/barony
> >>>
> >>> Rory
> >>>
> >>>
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