Rare canvas Map of Europe in the Irish Language

Restored and beautifully reproduced on canvas as an exact copy of the original this map is just one of two known to have survived from the late 1920's. The cartographer was ‘An Seabhac’ , a pen name for Pádraig Ó Siochfhradha. This political map of Europe was printed by G.W Bacon & Co. Ltd. in London and used by Comhlucht Oideachais na hÉireann as a learning tool for classrooms across the country during the inter-war period. The map, on a scale of 1 inch to 68 miles, gives scale in both miles and kilometres, providing scale-to-size guides as well as a map key outlining the following: main railroads / networks, steamboat routes, undersea cables, capital & major cities and river lengths. The ornamental clocks show what time of day it is at the longtitudinal lines when it is midday at Greenwich. This unique map allows us to consider political Europe after WWI, yet before the colossal upheaval evoked by WWII, the Cold War and the fall of the USSR, and post colonial developments in the Middle East. It affords us a moment in time, as well as the intriguing linguistic insight into pre-standardised Irish. There are a multitude of notable political and linguistic aspects to this map that indicate the period in which it was crafted and will provide many talking points: Éire is not recognised as being partitioned. An tSec-Shlobhaic [an tSeicslóvaic],Czechoslavakia, created in 1918, appears in Central Europe. The same territory is now made up of Czech Republic and Slovakia. An Úcráin (Ukraine) is clearly shown, albeit as part of the former USSR. An Iúg-Shlaibh [an Iúgslaiv], Yugoslavia, also formed in 1918, appears in the same region now made up of Croatia, Montenegro, Serbia. This is a marvellous collectors item for anyone interested in the Irish language and/or Irish cartography available in full size (1.56m x 1.38m €495) or 3/4 size (1.17m X1.05m €375)