The Research Field

Fourteen: Placenames Clue to Past Agriculture

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Show Notes

A recent Teagasc Map of the Month research project, looked at how Irish place names can provide clues to Ireland’s agricultural past.

This podcast features Jesko Zimmermann, a Data Technologist based in the Agrifood Business and Spatial Analysis Department describing the project, and what it revealed about how agricultural was done in times past, around Ireland.

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