'a pleasure... the narrative is fluent, the production values are high and the reader is guided confidently from medieval sketches to the great surveys of the 19th century... a generous and visually appealing introduction to the country's cartographic heritage' -- Conor Skehan * Sunday Independent * 'A visual feast, a perfect fusion of geography and history' * Irish Independent * 'There's no doubting the scholarly rigour of this production, which reflects maps' many distinctive styles and strategies... an invite to the imagination from long before Google Maps' * Irish Times * 'Both scholarly and accessible at the same time . . . the best general book dealing with Irish maps of the period covered that I've seen. It's a handsome hardback production' * EastWest Mapping * 'A celebration of the maps of Ireland produced over the centuries' * RTE * 'These days we take maps, and the knowledge of the real world that they display, very much for granted. This was always the case as this marvellous compendium of Irelands history as evidenced in cartography reveals... It is the... details on all the maps in this book that make its pages such a delight' * Irish Catholic * 'Magnificent' * Books Ireland * 'This is a truly magnificent tome, a full bells-and-whistles production thats beautifully put together. It would make a superb gift for the keen geography fan, the history buff, in fact anyone at all who has a curious mind and an interest in our fair land' * Connaught Telegraph * 'A breathtaking book' * Meath Chronicle * 'A beautiful book' * Galway FM * 'Charting centuries of Irelands past through cartography, Ireland: Mapping the Island by Joseph Brady and Paul Ferguson a Hodges Figgis Book of the Year and An Post Irish Book Awards finalist reveals the islands history, power struggles and evolving identity through its extraordinary maps' -- Grace Gourlay * Geographical Magazine * 'Show[ s] us how much work there is to be done on the history of Irish mapping (in every sense) and, indeed, how much more use historians can make of maps as primary historical evidence. For bringing this topic to our attention and reminding us just how much work remains to be done, we are in these authors debt' -- Thomas O'Loughling * History Ireland Magazine *
