1783 Taylor & Skinner Stewartstown, Portadown, Lurgan, Tandragee, Lough Neagh Ireland Road Map
Published in 1783, this hand-coloured antique Ireland road map is Map 23 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 Newry to Stewarts-town,” 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.
Prominent places shown include Stewartstown, Portadown, Lurgan and Tandragee, together with the major geographical feature of Lough Neagh. The sheet also records the River Bann, River Blackwater, River Cusher and the Newry Canal.
Portadown is prominently shown beside the River Bann, with roads converging from Tandragee, Armagh and Lurgan. Nearby estates and landmarks include Carrickblacker, Seagoe Church, Mahone and Dawson’s Grove, together with named residences and country houses.
North of Portadown, the route follows the Bann towards Lough Neagh. The engraving records Bannfoot Ferry and Blackwater Foot, where the River Blackwater enters Lough Neagh, together with nearby roads, estates and the route towards Charlemont.
The adjoining road network continues towards Stewartstown, while the eastern section records the road to Lurgan and the southern route through Tandragee. Churches, ferries, waterways, estates and named landowners provide additional detail throughout the sheet.
The combination of towns, waterways, roads and named properties makes this map particularly interesting for Counties Armagh and Tyrone local history, Irish genealogy and family-history research.
Identified as Map 23 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.