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

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

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, a rural

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with farmland has been changed into a more residential

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with more housing and parks. The southern part of the

village

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used to be a commercial

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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

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

village

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

village

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. The residential

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was enlarged with additional houses on the

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extended streets located in the centre of the

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and those located in the north-west.

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, a car park was built

at the end

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of the streets in the southwest.