Patrick O'Flanagan
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Patrick O'Flanagan is an Irish geographer
and academic.
professor of the Department of Geography at University College Cork, Ireland. He was the former Head of this department. At present, he contributes regularly to the Socio-Territorial Research Group at the University of Santiago de Compostela
(Galicia).
His research is mainly focused on Atlantic Europe
- with a particular interest in Galicia and Atlantic Iberia
- from the perspective of cultural and historical Geography. O'Flanagan helped to define and standardise the actual concept of Atlantic Europe. Other research deals with comparative evolution of port cities, rural change, housing and settlement studies.
Geography
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and academic.
Career
He is emeritusEmeritus
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professor of the Department of Geography at University College Cork, Ireland. He was the former Head of this department. At present, he contributes regularly to the Socio-Territorial Research Group at the University of Santiago de Compostela
University of Santiago de Compostela
The Royal University of Santiago de Compostela - USC is a public university located in the city of Santiago de Compostela, Galicia, Spain. A second campus is located in Lugo, Galicia....
(Galicia).
His research is mainly focused on Atlantic Europe
Atlantic Europe
Atlantic Europe is a geographical and anthropological term for the western portion of Europe which borders the Atlantic Ocean. The term may refer to the idea of Atlantic Europe as a cultural unit and/or as an biogeographical region....
- with a particular interest in Galicia and Atlantic Iberia
Iberian Peninsula
The Iberian Peninsula , sometimes called Iberia, is located in the extreme southwest of Europe and includes the modern-day sovereign states of Spain, Portugal and Andorra, as well as the British Overseas Territory of Gibraltar...
- from the perspective of cultural and historical Geography. O'Flanagan helped to define and standardise the actual concept of Atlantic Europe. Other research deals with comparative evolution of port cities, rural change, housing and settlement studies.
Partial bibliography
- The Living Landscape,Kilgalligan, Erris, County Mayo, (with S. O Cathain), Dublin, 1974.
- Rural Ireland, 1600-1900: Modernization and Change, (with P. Ferguson and K. Whelan), Cork, 1987.
- Bandon,Irish Historic Towns Atlas, No.3, Dublin, 1988.
- Cork,History and Society, (with N. Buttimer), Cork, 1993.
- Xeografía Histórica de Galicia, Xerais, Vigo, 1996.
- "Galicia en el marco geográfico y histórico de la Europa Atlántica", in Xeográfica I, pp. 115-133, Santiago de Compostela, 2001.
- Port cities of Atlantic Iberia, c. 1500-1900, Aldershot, 2008.
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See also
- Atlantic EuropeAtlantic EuropeAtlantic Europe is a geographical and anthropological term for the western portion of Europe which borders the Atlantic Ocean. The term may refer to the idea of Atlantic Europe as a cultural unit and/or as an biogeographical region....