Sense of place: concepts and cultural significance
The work of Kianicka, et al (2006) entitled “Local and Tourists’ Sense of Place” reports on a Swiss Alpine village and examines what it is that shapes the relations of individuals to a specific place and whether insiders and outsiders have different ways of relating to the same place. According to Kianicka et al (2006) the landscapes of the Swiss Alps are transformed by the ongoing “socioeconomic, political and technological developments in the region”. (p.55) The objective of this study is to examine West Ireland in terms of a sense of place. This study examines the work of Adrian Peace (2014) entitled “A Sense of Place, A Place of Sense: Land and a Landscape in the West of Ireland".