Troubled Geographies: Two centuries of religious division in Ireland

This project uses GIS to map and explore spatial and spatio-temporal patterns in Irish census data from the nineteenth century onwards covering the North and South, which has been digitised in the form of the Database of Irish Historical Statistics. This allows us to explore detailed patterns of spatio-temporal change without resorting to highly aggregate units such as counties. To complement these methodologically innovative approaches we will also use traditional narratives to add detail about specific places and themes. GIS allows us to identify the broad stories of the changing patterns of religious identity, while the narrative allows us to tell specific stories about specific places in more detail.