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The Hook Peninsula, County Wexford (Hardcover)
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The Hook Peninsula, County Wexford (Hardcover)
Series: Irish Rural Landscape S., No. 2
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The Hook Peninsula succeeds Newgrange and the bend of the Boyne in
the Irish Rural Landscapes series, an offshoot of the
internationally successful Atlas of the Irish Rural Landscape. This
case-study explores the rich landscape of the compact and highly
distinctive Hook peninsula in south-west county Wexford and places
its layered archaeological legacy in an historical context. In the
medieval period, the region experienced the initial Anglo-Norman
landings in Ireland and was subsequently divided into three major
ecclesiastical estates. The introduction of the Cistercians and the
Knights Templars on to these estates brought mainstream medieval
European practice to the Hook and determined the future development
of community and landscape. Following the dissolution of the
monasteries in the sixteenth century, the new lay owners of the
estates continued to develop natural and economic resources,
establishing the basis for modern settlement and landscape
organisation. The Hook forms the eastern boundary of Waterford
Harbour, the gateway to south-east Ireland. Because of its
strategic nature, the harbour has played a central role in Irish
history and this is reflected in the physical remains around its
shores. This book connects these remains in the Hook peninsula with
the historical record and places the local story into a wider
narrative. The origins of present-day families are also discussed.
By using a wide range of maps, colour photographs (many of them
aerial) prints and illustrations, the gradual evolution of the
cultural landscape from earliest times to the present day is
traced. The need for modern developments to appreciate and respect
the inherited environment, and to conserve it for future
generations, is also examined.
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