[Ireland south of the Shannon]

Bound sheet. Col. ms. Medium: Vellum, laid on linen. Physical description Note: Vellum skin has its neck to the left. Contents Note: Elaborate cartouches, left blank. Arms of Order of the Garter.
From volume eight, Maps of Ireland, of the Dartmouth collection of maps and plans, compiled for or by George Legge, Master General of the Ordnance. Unfinished maps, without place names.

Administrative / biographical background
The Munster rebellion of the 1570s was savagely crushed by the English. The land was parcelled out to the English nobility for plantation.

Record Details

Item reference: P/49(18); MS 53-073
Level: PART
Extent: Drawing area 70.5 X 102 cm
Date made: circa 1585
Creator: Anonymous
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London