Book Review: Coastal Atlas of Ireland is a stunning achievement

"This is an astonishing work of erudition and will take its place in the many great works of scholarship that this country has produced"

The fundamental thesis of ‘The Coastal Atlas of Ireland’ is that the sea has formed us and that almost every aspect of our lives has to be evaluated through the lens of the coast. Pic: Gordon Dunn

• Coastal Atlas of Ireland
• Edited by Robert Devoy, Val Cummins, Barry Brunt, Darius Bartlett and Sarah Kandrot
• Cork University Press, €59