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'Who shaped the agenda's for the study of historical geography in Ireland? How did they contribute to our understanding of the 19th Century?'
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Historical Geography: Exam question 2003: 'Who shaped the agenda's for the study of historical geography in Ireland? How did they contribute to our understanding of the 19th Century?' The study of Irish Historical geography is now somewhat mainstream; it has become a popular subject undertaken by many 3rd level and postgraduate students throughout various Universities nation-wide. However the topics that are looked at, the methodologies used to support these studies and the geographical perspective that is put froward regarding this aspect of Irish geography is largely due to two geographical pioneers, Tom Jones Hughes and Estyn Evens. Although other geographers such as Freeman were influential to our understanding of this geographical realm, they failed to have the same lasting and shaping effects on education and research agenda's. Tom Jones Hughes was a Welsh non-conformist who joined UCD in 1950, in order to set up a geography department. The strict rules imposed by...
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