{"product_id":"1783-stewartstown-portadown-lurgan-tandragee-lough-neagh-ireland-road-map","title":"1783 Stewartstown, Portadown, Lurgan, Tandragee, Lough Neagh Ireland Road Map | Taylor \u0026 Skinner","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e1783 Taylor \u0026amp; Skinner Stewartstown, Portadown, Lurgan, Tandragee, Lough Neagh Ireland Road Map\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePublished in 1783, this hand-coloured antique Ireland road map is Map 23 from the second revised edition of Taylor \u0026amp; Skinner’s \u003cem\u003eMaps of the Roads of Ireland\u003c\/em\u003e. The survey was undertaken in 1777, first published in 1778 and corrected for the 1783 edition.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe engraved heading, \u003cstrong\u003e“From Newry to Stewarts-town,”\u003c\/strong\u003e identifies the journey represented on the sheet. The road network connects Tandragee, Portadown and Stewartstown, with adjoining routes towards Lurgan, Armagh and Dungannon across Counties Armagh and Tyrone.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eProminent places shown include \u003cstrong\u003eStewartstown, Portadown, Lurgan and Tandragee\u003c\/strong\u003e, together with the major geographical feature of \u003cstrong\u003eLough Neagh\u003c\/strong\u003e. The sheet also records the River Bann, River Blackwater, River Cusher and the Newry Canal.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePortadown is prominently shown beside the \u003cstrong\u003eRiver Bann\u003c\/strong\u003e, with roads converging from Tandragee, Armagh and Lurgan. Nearby estates and landmarks include \u003cstrong\u003eCarrickblacker, Seagoe Church, Mahone and Dawson’s Grove\u003c\/strong\u003e, together with named residences and country houses.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNorth of Portadown, the route follows the Bann towards Lough Neagh. The engraving records \u003cstrong\u003eBannfoot Ferry and Blackwater Foot\u003c\/strong\u003e, where the River Blackwater enters Lough Neagh, together with nearby roads, estates and the route towards Charlemont.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe adjoining road network continues towards Stewartstown, while the eastern section records the road to \u003cstrong\u003eLurgan\u003c\/strong\u003e and the southern route through \u003cstrong\u003eTandragee\u003c\/strong\u003e. Churches, ferries, waterways, estates and named landowners provide additional detail throughout the sheet.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe combination of towns, waterways, roads and named properties makes this map particularly interesting for \u003cstrong\u003eCounties Armagh and Tyrone local history, Irish genealogy and family-history research\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIdentified as \u003cstrong\u003eMap 23\u003c\/strong\u003e in Taylor \u0026amp; Skinner’s \u003cem\u003eMaps of the Roads of Ireland\u003c\/em\u003e, it forms part of their extensive late-18th-century survey of Ireland’s principal roads.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Old Map Shop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53857982447909,"sku":"TS-023","price":7.0,"currency_code":"CHF","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1928\/5511\/files\/01-1783-stewartstown-portadown-lurgan-tandragee-lough-neagh-ireland-road-map-hero.jpg?v=1789783574","url":"https:\/\/theoldmapshop.com\/en-ch\/products\/1783-stewartstown-portadown-lurgan-tandragee-lough-neagh-ireland-road-map","provider":"The Old Map Shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}