Patrick O'Flanagan facts for kids

Patrick O'Flanagan was born in 1947 in Dublin, Ireland. He is an Irish geographer and a university professor. A geographer is someone who studies the Earth's surface, including its land, features, people, and environments.

What Patrick O'Flanagan Does

Patrick O'Flanagan is a retired professor from University College Cork in Ireland. He used to be in charge of the geography department there. He now works with a research group at the University of Santiago de Compostela in Spain. This group studies how people and places interact.

His Research Focus

Professor O'Flanagan's main research looks at an area called Atlantic Europe. This includes countries and regions along the Atlantic Ocean, like Ireland, parts of France, and Spain. He is especially interested in Galicia and the Atlantic side of the Iberian Peninsula (which includes Spain and Portugal).

He studies these places from a cultural and historical point of view. This means he looks at how people's ways of life and the past have shaped these areas. He even helped to define what "Atlantic Europe" truly means.

Other Studies

Besides Atlantic Europe, Professor O'Flanagan has also studied other interesting topics. He has compared how different port cities around the world have grown and changed over time. He also researches how rural areas (the countryside) are changing. His work also includes studies on housing and how settlements (where people live) develop.

See also

• Atlantic Europe