Galway

Jacinta Prunty is an editorial board member of the Irish Historic Towns Atlas, a research project of the Royal Irish Academy. She is Head of the History Department at Maynooth University. Her research interests span urban, social and cartographic history with a particular focus on the mapping of towns and on the town itself in nineteenth and twentieth century Ireland. She is joint author with Howard B. Clarke of Reading the maps: a guide to the Irish Historic Towns Atlas (2011) and Galway c. 1200 to c. 1900: from medieval borough to modern city (2015) with Paul Walsh. Paul Walsh is a Senior Archaeologist with the National Monuments Service, Department of Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs and has a keen interest in the local history and archaeology of his native city, Galway. His other academic interests include Irish prehistory (especially megalithic monuments) and medieval architecture. He has published widely on all these topics in various books and journals. He is author of Discover Galway (2001) and joint author with Jacinta Prunty of Galway c. 1200 to c. 1900: from medieval borough to modern city (2015).