Historical maps of Ireland

Ptolemy’s map of Ireland

Map from the Topographia Hiberniae by Giraldus Cambrensis

Ireland around 1500

Ireland around 1570

Map of Ireland by Ortelius (1592)

Map of Ireland (cartographer unknown)

Map of Dublin in 1610

John Speed’s maps of Britain and Ireland

John Speed’s maps of Ireland

John Speed’s maps of Ulster

Ireland in 1641

Map of Munster by Blaeu (1659)

Map of Ulster by Blaeu (1659)

Displacement of population by Cromwell

Plantations in early modern Ireland

Map of Ireland in 1800 (Russell)

Population shifts in 19th century Ireland

Map of Ireland in 1854 (Crutchley)