M. The two maps below show a small village in the west of Ireland in the year 2000 and at the present time. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

The two maps illustrate a small

village

in the west of Ireland in 2000 and at the present time.

Overall

, a rural

area

with farmland has been changed into a more residential

area

with more housing and parks. The southern part of the

village

used to be a commercial

area

with a dock for fishery, which was replaced by restaurants and the dock was completely removed from the sea. The most significant changes are that the large farmland on the north-west side of the

village

was replaced by a park and that the dock and the markets in the southern of the

village

disappeared and there are currently up to four restaurants available along the street which spreads from the west to the east of the

village

. The residential

area

was enlarged with additional houses on the

further

extended streets located in the centre of the

village

and those located in the north-west.

Furthermore

, a car park was built

at the end

of the streets in the southwest.