1783 Taylor & Skinner Ballymena, Ballycastle, Broughshane, Clough, Armoy Ireland Road Map
Published in 1783, this hand-coloured antique Ireland road map is Map 20 from the second revised edition of Taylor & Skinner’s Maps of the Roads of Ireland. The survey was undertaken in 1777, first published in 1778 and corrected for the 1783 edition.
The engraved heading, “From Dublin to Ballycastle,” identifies the wider journey represented on the sheet. The map is arranged as two adjoining road strips and records an extensive section of the historic road network through County Antrim.
Prominent places shown include Ballymena, Ballycastle, Broughshane, Clough and Armoy, together with Ballygarvey, Craigbilly, Leminary, Loughguile, Ballintoy, Dervock and Glenarm. The engraving uses the historic spelling “Clogh” for modern Clough.
Around the principal roads are numerous smaller settlements, estates and landmarks, including Whitehall, Lime Park and Lisanoure Castle, together with churches, mills, waterways, country houses and the names of contemporary landowners.
Ballycastle is shown with its church and Charter School, while the surrounding roads connect with Ballintoy, Dervock and Glenarm. The adjoining strip records the roads through Armoy and the countryside between Ballycastle and the wider Ballymena and Broughshane network.
The combination of towns, estates, roads and named properties makes this map particularly interesting for County Antrim local history, Irish genealogy and family-history research.
Identified as Map 20 in Taylor & Skinner’s Maps of the Roads of Ireland, it forms part of their extensive late-18th-century survey of Ireland’s principal roads.