Mapping for wheels—maps for Ireland’s first cycling revolution, 1880–1920

By Arnold Horner Between the 1880s and the early years of the twentieth century, in one of the least politically charged transformations of the period, Ireland’s first cycling revolution brought, quite literally, a new dynamic to Irish life. Functional benefits included greater accessibility to villages and towns, with a consequent widening and strengthening of the ... Read more

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