{"product_id":"1783-cookstown-dungiven-lissan-banagher-londonderry-ireland-road-map","title":"1783 Cookstown, Dungiven, Lissan, Banagher, Londonderry Ireland Road Map | Taylor \u0026 Skinner","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e1783 Taylor \u0026amp; Skinner Cookstown, Dungiven, Lissan, Banagher, Londonderry Ireland Road Map\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePublished in 1783, this hand-coloured antique Ireland road map is \u003cstrong\u003eMap 31\u003c\/strong\u003e 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\n\u003cp\u003eThe engraved heading, \u003cstrong\u003e“From Dublin to L. Derry by Cookstown,”\u003c\/strong\u003e identifies the wider journey represented on the sheet. The mileage table records stages through \u003cstrong\u003eCookstown\u003c\/strong\u003e and \u003cstrong\u003eDungiven\u003c\/strong\u003e before the route continues towards \u003cstrong\u003eLondonderry\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe map is arranged as two adjoining road strips, allowing a long section of the historic route between Cookstown and Dungiven to be shown on a single engraved page. Numerous connecting roads branch from the principal route towards neighbouring settlements and districts.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCookstown\u003c\/strong\u003e is prominently shown at the foot of the left-hand strip as an important road junction. Roads lead towards Dublin, Coagh, Coleraine and Gortin, while nearby \u003cstrong\u003eLissan\u003c\/strong\u003e and the road towards Moneymore are also clearly recorded.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBeyond Cookstown the route passes through an upland landscape of hills, streams and mountain ground. \u003cstrong\u003eLough Fea\u003c\/strong\u003e is shown beside the road, together with the Blackwater crossing and several smaller bodies of water.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe engraving records the country around \u003cstrong\u003eSlieve Gallion\u003c\/strong\u003e, using Taylor \u0026amp; Skinner’s distinctive shaded hill forms to show the mountainous terrain. The \u003cstrong\u003eMoyola River\u003c\/strong\u003e and roads towards Maghera and Gortin add further geographical detail.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe adjoining strip records the approach to \u003cstrong\u003eDungiven\u003c\/strong\u003e. \u003cstrong\u003eDrumnamet\u003c\/strong\u003e and \u003cstrong\u003eBanagher Church\u003c\/strong\u003e appear along the route, together with smaller roads, houses and scattered properties across the surrounding countryside.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDungiven is prominently shown beside the \u003cstrong\u003eRiver Roe\u003c\/strong\u003e, with several roads converging around the settlement. Connections towards Limavady and neighbouring districts demonstrate Dungiven’s importance on the road network leading onward towards Londonderry.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe combination of \u003cstrong\u003eCookstown, Dungiven, Lissan, Banagher, Lough Fea and Slieve Gallion\u003c\/strong\u003e makes this sheet particularly interesting for \u003cstrong\u003eCounty Tyrone and County Derry \/ Londonderry local history, Irish genealogy and family-history research\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIdentified as \u003cstrong\u003eMap 31\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":53876004749605,"sku":"TS-031","price":7.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1928\/5511\/files\/01-1783-cookstown-dungiven-lissan-banagher-londonderry-ireland-road-map-hero.jpg?v=1789964709","url":"https:\/\/theoldmapshop.com\/en-gi\/products\/1783-cookstown-dungiven-lissan-banagher-londonderry-ireland-road-map","provider":"The Old Map Shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}