Deep History, Deepening Collaborations

24 Above: This is a map of the south coast of Ireland, made by the military department of the Chief Secretary’s Office. It was made in the immediate aftermath of the 1798 Rebellion, and shows the major towns and bays that could be targeted by an invading army. Two years earlier, in 1796, a French naval expedition had nearly landed in Bantry Bay, causing widespread panic and exposing how militarily vulnerable the south of Ireland. Credit: TNA HO 100/78/405. Opposite: Official correspondence stamp of Chief Secretary’s Office, Dublin Castle (1866). Credit: PRONI, D3007/R/1/48 (Belmore Papers).