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Isolation and a peripheral situation are two typical features of the Irish environment, both from a physical and a social viewpoint. Great Britain itself, though far larger (229,897 square kilometres in comparison with 84,403 of Ireland) and better accessible from the continent, existed in a somewhat peripheral condition until the Discovery of America.
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Biagini, E. (1996). A Physical Space Powerfully Shaped by Man. In: Northern Ireland and Beyond. The GeoJournal Library, vol 33. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-2456-2_1
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