Interesting Maps

view of the Britain-Ireland island relationship

Tis the seachtain for it

In 1870 New York had the highest Irish born population of anywhere on earth, almost solely due to famine and post-famine emigration. Cork was just behind, but a long way down from its pre-famine pop. of 850,000.

In the UK Lancashire and Lanarkshire (Glasgow) were much higher than London, this would change in the 20th Century.

Also notable are the populations of Roscommon, Leitrim and Sligo, which were still at this point to lose another 2/3 of their population.

Today, only 8 counties, 5 in the South and 3 in the North exceed their pre-famine populations.

Didnt know Cork had a bigger population than Dublin back then, ? Pre-famine population of 850 hundred thousand in Cork alone is bonkers ,it's nearly 500,000 now ,

1 in 7 turks live in Balkans and the map only shows full countries. Equally, most of Romania is not in the Balkans geographically but is also shown even though only the small portion south of the Danube is traditionally considered "balkan"

Norway so high because Swedish is relatively close to Norwegian, but they don't really speak it, they just understand each other when speaking their own languages. So I think 43% is OTT.

Finland high because of the number of immigrant 1st and 2nd generation as well as the ethnic Swedish population along the west coast, but I still think 44% is a bit high.

In 1960, Geneva airport located on border needed expansion, and the two countries agreed on a land swap

https://www.reddit.com/r/MapPorn/comments/1j8xjx7/til_that_hummingbirds_hum_according_to_science/

Light rail in the United States (2025) [OC]

https://www.reddit.com/r/MapPorn/comments/1j8r3tp/light_rail_in_the_united_states_2025_oc/#lightbox