Post #2098502
2026-03-23 02:36 UTC
@bthalpin
Yeah looking at it again it does pick that up pretty well it’s just that there is also a fairly wild level of general background development too. The Celtic Tiger effect really was a thing.
The sprawling hotspot up around Derry / NE Donegal is also quite intriguing to me. My gut feel is that it’s very different on the other side of the border, simply from how rural NI feels to me when driving through it.
Great map for this sort of musing. Nice work.
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@bthalpin@mastodon.social 2026-03-23 10:00
@helvick @MartinJBreen The point about Derry is interesting, and likely true. Ditto the Wicklow/Wexford difference. And note how the Galway Sprawl (I think it has a name, now) doesn't extend either west of the city (not much, anyway) or into North Clare.