Irish Cities Book

	Acknowledgements	7
	List of Illustrations	9
	Preface	11
	Landlords and Merchants: Belfast 1600-1750	14
	The Growth and Decline of an Industrial City: Belfast from 1750	28
	Below Sea-Level in the City of Cork	41
	From the 'Flat o' the City' to the Top of the Hill: Cork since 1700	55
	Derry: A Spectacular Maiden	69
	Myths, Magic and the Middle Ages: Dublin from its Beginnings to 1577	82
	A Story of Growth and Change: Dublin 1560-1800	96
	From City Slums to City Sprawl: Dublin from 1800 to the Present	109
	Medieval Galway: Dependence and Liberty	123
	Galway in the Modern Period: Survival and Revival	136
	Kilkenny - The Faire Citie	150
	Medieval Limerick: The Growth of Two Towns	163
	Three Towns: Limerick since 1691	177
	'Like a Little Castle': Waterford in the Middle Ages	191
	From Urbs Intacta to Crystal City: Waterford 1495-1995	204
	List of Contributors	219