{"id":45,"date":"2014-06-13T19:32:03","date_gmt":"2014-06-13T19:32:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/opentextbooks.concordia.ca\/irishlandscape\/part\/chapter-3\/"},"modified":"2025-07-12T15:50:31","modified_gmt":"2025-07-12T15:50:31","slug":"mapping-ireland","status":"publish","type":"part","link":"https:\/\/opentextbooks.concordia.ca\/irishlandscape\/part\/mapping-ireland\/","title":{"raw":"Chapter Two: Mapping Ireland","rendered":"Chapter Two: Mapping Ireland"},"content":{"raw":"<h2>Introduction<\/h2>\r\nIn Ireland, the physical land is divided politically in multiple ways. It is divided by provinces that span the island, counties that span the island, but also by a land border that separates the Republic of Ireland from Northern Ireland, one of four countries within the United Kingdom. In this chapter, we will set the scene for the different political divisions of land on the island of Ireland that will help contextualize much of the content in this textbook as well as other materials you may encounter when learning about the making of the Irish landscape.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_400\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"3483\"]<img class=\"wp-image-400 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/opentextbooks.concordia.ca\/irishlandscape\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/69\/2014\/06\/Figure-1-EDIT_-Topographic-map-of-Ireland.jpg\" alt=\"Topographic map of the island of Ireland in green, overlayed with: yellow to depict raised areas; blue to depict major lakes and rivers; red dots to depict major cities and towns.\" width=\"3483\" height=\"4306\" \/> <strong>Figure 2.1<\/strong> Topographic map of the island of Ireland. \u00a9 bogdanserban, www.adobestock.com. <a href=\"https:\/\/stock.adobe.com\/images\/ireland-highly-detailed-physical-map\/490073012?prev_url=detail\">View Source.\u00a0<\/a> <em>Included under Adobe\u2019s Education Licence - Standard Image terms.<\/em>[\/caption]","rendered":"<h2>Introduction<\/h2>\n<p>In Ireland, the physical land is divided politically in multiple ways. It is divided by provinces that span the island, counties that span the island, but also by a land border that separates the Republic of Ireland from Northern Ireland, one of four countries within the United Kingdom. In this chapter, we will set the scene for the different political divisions of land on the island of Ireland that will help contextualize much of the content in this textbook as well as other materials you may encounter when learning about the making of the Irish landscape.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_400\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-400\" style=\"width: 3483px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-400 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/opentextbooks.concordia.ca\/irishlandscape\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/69\/2014\/06\/Figure-1-EDIT_-Topographic-map-of-Ireland.jpg\" alt=\"Topographic map of the island of Ireland in green, overlayed with: yellow to depict raised areas; blue to depict major lakes and rivers; red dots to depict major cities and towns.\" width=\"3483\" height=\"4306\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-400\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><strong>Figure 2.1<\/strong> Topographic map of the island of Ireland. \u00a9 bogdanserban, www.adobestock.com. <a href=\"https:\/\/stock.adobe.com\/images\/ireland-highly-detailed-physical-map\/490073012?prev_url=detail\">View Source.\u00a0<\/a> <em>Included under Adobe\u2019s Education Licence &#8211; Standard Image terms.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"parent":0,"menu_order":3,"template":"","meta":{"pb_part_invisible":false,"pb_part_invisible_string":""},"contributor":[],"license":[],"class_list":["post-45","part","type-part","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/opentextbooks.concordia.ca\/irishlandscape\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/parts\/45","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/opentextbooks.concordia.ca\/irishlandscape\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/parts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/opentextbooks.concordia.ca\/irishlandscape\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/part"}],"version-history":[{"count":20,"href":"https:\/\/opentextbooks.concordia.ca\/irishlandscape\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/parts\/45\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1616,"href":"https:\/\/opentextbooks.concordia.ca\/irishlandscape\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/parts\/45\/revisions\/1616"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/opentextbooks.concordia.ca\/irishlandscape\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"contributor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/opentextbooks.concordia.ca\/irishlandscape\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/contributor?post=45"},{"taxonomy":"license","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/opentextbooks.concordia.ca\/irishlandscape\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/license?post=45"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}