Virtual Record Treasury of Ireland

Fragments
Gallery by Mairéad McClean, Decade of Centenaries Artist in Residence

A fragment is a small piece of something larger. Fragments make us think about the whole, about what the fragment once belonged too. I’m drawn to it because of this. These fragments demand we take a closer look. As we notice the detail on each individual piece we begin to think about how the shape fits into the whole. The map fragment also makes us think about how we navigate our way through space and time not only in the real world, past and present, but within this new Virtual Record Treasury experience. I produced the fragments in this gallery by taking digital macro photographs of maps held within the Virtual Record Treasury Repository, digitally manipulating them to create simple, contrasting line drawings and then framing them within an actual fragment shape from the real salved books and manuscripts from the original Record Treasury of Ireland.

Map of The Siege of Londonderry, Fragment, held at PRONI
The whole map, of which this fragment is a part, is 117cm by 74cm in size and is a composite of 7 seperate sheets of paper adhered together. It has been in the collection at PRONI for many years but the depositer is unknown. It was selected as a replacement map for those lost in the PROI fire in 1922.
‘Peter Guerin: Irish Estate Maps’:Guerin was the Deputy Surveyor General and compiled the maps c.1700 for the owner, Henri de Massue de Ruvigny.
‘Peter Guerin: Irish Estate Maps’:Guerin was the Deputy Surveyor General and compiled the maps c.1700 for the owner, Henri de Massue de Ruvigny.
Four Courts Building in the aftermath of the bombardment
A heap of rubble in the Four Courts Complex falls on top of a motor car. In the background is the Bridewell, and filling the left to centre is the eastern wall of the burnt-out Record Treasury. (Irish Architectural Archive)
Siege of Londonderry
The whole map, of which this is a fragment, is 117cm by 74cm in size and is a composite of 7 separate sheets of paper adhered together. It has been in the collection at PRONI for many years but the depositer is unknown. It was selected as a replacement map for those lost in the PROI fire in 1922.
Down Survey Map of 1655, Fragment
This section is from 'The Barony of Omy in the County of Tyrone', originally made for the Down Survey in 1655. This version was produced in the 1660s for a publication project Sir William Petty (who did the original survey) was trying to get off the ground. The original maps were taken over to Paris in 1707 by French soliders and are still there. They are currently housed in the Bibliotheque National de France, Paris.
TNA reference C 149/65
A letter pattened, issued by the Chancery in Dublin and unopened since the 17th Century. This document has been carefully conserved by the conservation department at The National Archives (UK) in Kew, London. The document is currently being prepared for scanning and transcribing and will be available to view on the website soon.
Map of The Siege of Londonderry, Fragment, held at PRONI

The whole map, of which this fragment is a part, is 117cm by 74cm in size and is a composite of 7 seperate sheets of paper adhered together. It has been in the collection at PRONI for many years but the depositer is unknown. It was selected as a replacement map for those lost in the PROI fire in 1922.

‘Peter Guerin: Irish Estate Maps’:Guerin was the Deputy Surveyor General and compiled the maps c.1700 for the owner, Henri de Massue de Ruvigny.

‘Peter Guerin: Irish Estate Maps’:Guerin was the Deputy Surveyor General and compiled the maps c.1700 for the owner, Henri de Massue de Ruvigny.

Four Courts Building in the aftermath of the bombardment

A heap of rubble in the Four Courts Complex falls on top of a motor car. In the background is the Bridewell, and filling the left to centre is the eastern wall of the burnt-out Record Treasury. (Irish Architectural Archive)

Siege of Londonderry

The whole map, of which this is a fragment, is 117cm by 74cm in size and is a composite of 7 separate sheets of paper adhered together. It has been in the collection at PRONI for many years but the depositer is unknown. It was selected as a replacement map for those lost in the PROI fire in 1922.

Down Survey Map of 1655, Fragment

This section is from 'The Barony of Omy in the County of Tyrone', originally made for the Down Survey in 1655. This version was produced in the 1660s for a publication project Sir William Petty (who did the original survey) was trying to get off the ground. The original maps were taken over to Paris in 1707 by French soliders and are still there. They are currently housed in the Bibliotheque National de France, Paris.

TNA reference C 149/65

A letter pattened, issued by the Chancery in Dublin and unopened since the 17th Century. This document has been carefully conserved by the conservation department at The National Archives (UK) in Kew, London. The document is currently being prepared for scanning and transcribing and will be available to view on the website soon.

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