Biography
Publications and Further Research Outputs
Peer-Reviewed Publications
Desmond A. Gillmor, Old Drumlease: an important ancient ecclesiastical site in County Leitrim, Journal of the Federation of Local History Societies, 26, 2021, p138-141-
Desmond A. Gillmor, The promotion and protection of Geography in Irish education, Geographical Viewpoint, 44, 2021, p39 - 46
The population of Leitrim in the twentieth century in, editor(s)Liam Kelly and Brendan Scott , Leitrim: history and society, Dublin, Geography Publications, 2019, pp743-765 - [Desmond A. Gillmor]
Desmond A. Gillmor, Gordon L. Herries Davies, Irish Geography, 52, (2), 2019, p239 - 244
Desmond A. Gillmor, Where a photograph led: Gillmors from northwestern Ireland in 1850's Iowa, USA, Irish Family History, 29, 2013, p7 - 26
Almar Barry and Desmond Gillmor, Children as genealogists: exploring possibilities for primary classroom practice, Geographical Viewpoint, 41, 2013, p25 - 39
Desmond A. Gillmor, Discovering and tracing an American branch of an Irish Gillmor family, Irish Family History, 28, 2012, p9 - 21
Desmond Gillmor and Almar Barry, Family histories and geographies: relationships between genealogy and geography, Geographical Viewpoint, 40, 2012, p15 - 23
Desmond A. Gillmor, CofI intermarriage and inter-church families in the Republic of Ireland - 2006, Search, 35, (1), 2011, p48 - 58
Mary Cawley and Desmond A. Gillmor, Turismo rural integrado: teoria y practica, Annals of Tourism Research en Espanol, 10, (1), 2008, p73 - 97
'Culture Economy', 'Integrated Tourism' and 'Sustainable Rural Development': evidence from Western Ireland in, editor(s)Guy M. Robinson , Sustainable rural systems: sustainable agriculture and rural communities, Aldershot, Ashgate, 2008, pp145 - 159, [Mary Cawley and Desmond A. Gillmor]
Mary Cawley and Desmond A. Gillmor, Integrated rural tourism: concepts and practices, Annals of Tourism Research, 35, (2), 2008, p316 - 337
Desmond A. Gillmor, The Church of Ireland population in the Republic of Ireland, 1991-2002, Search: A Church of Ireland Journal, 30, (2), 2007, p117 - 129
Integrated tourism as a contribution to sustainable rural development: experience in western Ireland in, editor(s)C.R. Bryant and M.G. Grillotti Di Giacomo , Quality agriculture: historical heritage and environmental resources for the integrated development of territories, Genova, Brigati, 2007, pp77 - 86, [M. Cawley, R. Kelly and D. Gillmor]
Mary Cawley, Jean-Bernard Marsat & Desmond A. Gillmor, Promoting integrated rural tourism: comparative perspectives on institutional networking in France and Ireland, Tourism Geographies: An International Journal of Tourism Space, Place and Environment, 9, (4), 2007, p405 - 420
Le tourisme dans les espaces de faible densite de population: perspectives pour les communautes d'accueil dans l'ouest de l'Irlande in, editor(s)Frederique van Celst , Habiter et vivre dans les campagnes de faible densite, Clermont-Ferrand, France, Presses Universitaires Blaise Pascal , 2007, pp305 - 321, [Mary E. Cawley, Desmond A. Gillmor, Roisin Kelly]
Desmond A. Gillmor, Changing religions in the Republic of Ireland, 1991-2002, Irish Geography: The International Journal of the Geography of Ireland, 39, (2), 2006, p111 - 128
Desmond A. Gillmor, Changing religious affiliations: a census perspective, Studies, 95, (378), 2006, p153 - 161
M. Cawley, P., Commins, S., Gaffey, D., Gillmor, M., Henchion, P., McDonagh and B. McIntyre, Quality Irish regional products and services: their promotion and marketing, Galway and Dublin, The Social Science Research Centre, National University of Ireland Galway and Teagasc, 2005, 117pp
J. Feehan, D.A.Gillmor and N.Culleton, Effects of an agri-environment scheme on farmland biodiversity in Ireland, Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment, 107, (1-2), 2005, p275 - 286
C. McNerney and D.A. Gillmor, Experiences and perceptions of rural women in the Republic of Ireland: studies in the Border Region, Irish Geography: The International Journal of the Geography of Ireland, 38, (1), 2005, p44 - 56
Desmond A. Gillmor, Patterns and implications of recent population change in Leitrim, The Leitrim Guardian, 36, 2004, p102 - 103
Agricultural and rural geography, M. Sala, Encyclopedia of life support systems (EOLSS), first, Oxford, UNESCO and Eolss, 2004, pp23 , [Desmond A. Gillmor]
Integrated rural tourism development in the West of Ireland: learning from tourists and tour organisers in, editor(s)E. Pitts , Rural futures, Dublin, Teagasc, 2004, pp96 - 105, [M. Cawley, D. Gillmor and R. Kelly]
Geographia Polonica, Aspects of changes in European rural spaces, 76, 1 special issue, (2003), 184p, Desmond A. Gillmor and Jerzy Banski, [guest eds.]
Land and people c.1926 in, editor(s)J. R. Hill , A new history of Ireland, Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2003, pp62 - 85, [Desmond A. Gillmor]
Desmond A. Gillmor, Change in rural Europe, Geographia Polonica, 76, (1), 2003, p3 - 12
Desmond A. Gillmor, Irish rural development within the European Union, Geographia Polonica, 76, (1), 2003, p111 - 126
Regional development policy and spatial strategy in the Republic of Ireland in, editor(s)A. Vaishar, J. Zapletalova and J. Munzar , Regional geography and its applications, Brno, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, 2003, pp37 - 43, [Desmond A. Gillmor]
A role for quality rural tourism services in rural development?: evidence from the Republic of Ireland in, editor(s)K.B. Beesley, H. Millward, B. Ilbery and L. Harrington , The new countryside: geographic perspectives on rural change, Halifax, Canada, Brandon University, Brandon and St. Mary's University, 2003, pp143 - 154, [M. Cawley, D. A. Gillmor and S. Gaffey]
Land and people c.1983 in, editor(s)J. R. Hill , A new history of Ireland, Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2003, pp426 - 451, [Desmond A. Gillmor]
The county: dessignation, identity and loyalty in, editor(s)J. Hourihane , Engaging spaces: people, place and space from an Irish perspective, Dublin, Lilliput Press, 2003, pp45 - 60, [Desmond A. Gillmor]
M. Cawley, D. A. Gillmor and S. Gaffey, Localization and global reach in rural tourism: Irish evidence, Tourist Studies: An International Journal, 2, (1), 2002, p63 - 86
J. Feehan, D. A. Gillmor and N. E. Culleton, The impact of the Rural Environment Protection Scheme (REPS) on plant and insect diversity, Tearmann: The Irish Journal of Agri-Environmental Research, 1, (2), 2002, p15 - 28
REPS and the UN Convention on Biodiversity: the importance of agri-environment to biodiversity conservation in Ireland in, editor(s)F. Convery and J. Feehan , Achievement and challenge: Rio+10 in Ireland, Dublin, The Environmental Institute, University College Dublin, 2002, pp29 - 37, [J. Feehan, M. Flynn, O. Carton, M. Culleton, D. A. Gillmor and B. Kavanagh]
Non-Peer-Reviewed Publications
Desmond A. Gillmor, Drumlease: two centuries of a Church of Ireland parish in County Leitrim, Second , Dromahair, Ireland, Gillmor Publications, 2022, i-172pp
Desmond A. Gillmor, Drumlease Church of Ireland, The Leitrim Guardian, 54, (2022), 2021, p111 - 113
Des Gillmor, End of an era: farewell to two centuries of the Gillmor retail business, The Leitrim Guardian 2015, 47, 2014, p38 - 42
Desmond A. Gillmor, The first upturn in Leitrim's population since the Famine, The Leitrim Guardian , 35, 2003, p26 - 28
Research Expertise
Description
General economic geography, with specialisation in agriculture and other primary activities, resource use, rural geography and tourism. Geographical education. Regional interests in Ireland, Europe and North AmericaProjects
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- European Union Research:
- Summary
- Irish contractor for four-country CAMAR project (8001-CT91-0119) titled "The contribution of alternative farming systems to the future comparative advantage of farms in lagging regions of the Community", Directorate General IV Agriculture, Commission of the European Communities, research grant of 76,635 ECU awarded for project over period 1992-94. Subcontractor from Teagasc for Irish part of five-country project (AIR3 - CT93 - 1545) titled "The impact of public institutions on lagging rural and coastal regions", Directorate General IV Agriculture, Commission of the European Communities, research grant of 61,500 ECU awarded for project over period 1994-97. Member of Irish research team (National University of Ireland, Galway and Teagasc) for six-country project (FAIR3 CT96 1827) titled "Regional images and the promotion of quality products and services in the lagging regions of the European Union", Directorate General IV Agriculture, Commission of the European Communities, project period 1997-1999. Member of Irish research team (National University of Ireland, Galway and Teagasc) for EU Fifth Framework project on Sustainable Tourism (SPRITE), 2000-2004.
Recognition
Memberships
Society and committee positions: Dublin University Geographical Society: Founder member and Secretary, 1960; Chairman, 1960-61; President, 1967-68, 1977-78, 1983-84, 1994-95; Honorary Life Membership conferred 1969. Geographical Society of Ireland: Committee member, 1966-69, 1984-86; President, 1972-76; Vice-President, 1976-78. Association of Geography Teachers of Ireland: Member of Committee, 1971-72, 1972-73, 1973-74, 1974-75, 1975-76, 1980-81, 1981-82, 1982-83, 1983-84, 1984-85, 1985-86, 1986-87, 1987-88, 1988-89, 1989-90, 1990-91 President, 1976-78; Vice-President, 1978-80; Trustee, Gwenda Hurst Memorial Fund, 1989- Honorary Life Membership conferred 1983. Irish National Committee for Geography: Member, 1972-75, 1976-79, 1980-83, 2000-04. Chairman, 1996-99. Irish national delegate to 29th International Geographical Congress, Seoul, 2000 National Commission for the Teaching of Geography: Member, 1972-74, 1984-87; Chairman, 1974-75, 1976-79, 1980-83. Member of Royal Irish Academy Board for Science, 1996-1999 Member of Royal Irish Academy Board for Humanities, 1997-1999 European Standing Conference of Geography Teachers' Associations: Member, 1990-92.