PROPERTY PICNIC The SCSI was pleased to support the Property Picnic
due to cancer. Members and their families are reminded that
fundraising event, which celebrated the lives of our special
various supports are available through LionHeart at every
and dearly loved colleagues, Louise Creevy (neé Doherty)
stage you might need them.
and Jason Miller, who sadly passed away last year.
If you or your family are in need of support, please visit
Proceeds from the event went to support the work of Cancer
www.scsi.ie/lionheart to find out about the supports available.
Trials Ireland. We would like to express our condolences
Members
and support to all members who have experienced difficulty and loss
can
also
find
out
more
by
emailing
lionheart@scsi.ie or calling 01-223 9446.
CELEBRATING OUR HISTORY The SCSI was delighted to sponsor a new book on the
measurement.
history of Irish land surveying, Land Surveying in Ireland,
In doing so, it exposes the efforts taken by generations of
1690-1830, by Finnian O’Cionnaith PhD. The book explores
land surveyors to capture the island’s landscape, and meet
the profession of surveying and those who practised it
customer demand, which, by consequence, left us with a
between the era of repressive land forfeitures (ending in
detailed historic record of the ever-changing relationship
1703) and the formation of the Ordnance Survey of Ireland
between people and place.
(1825). It uses the careers of three prominent surveyors – Gabriel Stokes (b. 1682, d.1768), Robert Gibson (d. 1761) and
Members can purchase a copy of the book at
John Longfield (b.c.1775, d. 1833) – as guides to the complex,
https://www.fourcourtspress.ie/books/2022/land-surveying-in-ireland-
competitive and vibrant world of independent commercial land
1690-1830/.
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