Irish Walled Towns

Irish Walled Towns Content

The Viking raiders of the ninth century and the Anglo-Norman invaders of the twelfth built defensive strongholds that over the centuries came to enrich the fabric of Irish life.

Resources & Links

This is the resources and links section for the Irish Walled-Town Network. Here you can find links to external websites and downloads for this heritage area of interest.

Walled Towns - Irish Sites & Resources

An Bord Pleanála
www.pleanala.ie

Association of Irish Festival Events
www.aoifeonline.com

Dept. of Arts, Heritage & the Gaeltacht - Built Heritage Policy Publications
www.ahg.gov.ie

Discover Ireland
www.discoverireland.ie

Fáilte Ireland
www.failteireland.ie

Institute of Archaeologists of Ireland
iai.ie

Ireland's Historical Mapping Archive
www.irishhistoricmaps.ie/historic

Irish Historic Towns Atlas
www.ria.ie/projects/ihta/index.html

Irish Planning
www.irishplanninginstitute.ie

National Policy on Town Defences
www.archaeology.ie

Rothe House, Kilkenny
www.rothehouse.com

Royal Irish Academy
www.ria.ie


Walled Towns - UK Sites & Resources

English Historic Towns Forum
www.ehtf.org.uk

Ordnance Survey of Northern Ireland
www.osni.gov.uk

Walled Towns - European Sites & Resources

Archaeology in Contemporary Europe
www.ace-archaeology.eu/the-network.shtml

European Union - Cultural Policy
europa.eu/pol/cult/index_en.htm

European Walled Towns
www.walledtowns.com

European Walled Towns Research
www.walledtownsresearch.org
 
Walled Towns: From Division to Co-Division
www.unibg.it/walledtowns/project.htm


Walled Towns - International Sites & Resources

ICOMOS International Charters
www.international.icomos.org/charters.htm