{"product_id":"1783-dundalk-forkhill-castletown-castle-roche-castleblayney-ireland-road-map","title":"1783 Dundalk, Forkhill, Castletown, Castle Roche, Castleblayney Ireland Road Map | Taylor \u0026 Skinner","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e1783 Taylor \u0026amp; Skinner Dundalk, Forkhill, Castletown, Castle Roche, Castleblayney Ireland Road Map\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePublished in 1783, this hand-coloured antique Ireland road map is Map 24 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“Road from Dublin to Cookstown and to Colerain,”\u003c\/strong\u003e identifies the wider journey represented by this part of the survey. The mileage table records stages through Dundalk, Markethill, Richhill, Charlemont, Stewartstown, Moneymore, Maghera, Garvagh and Coleraine, together with an alternative route through Newtownhamilton, Armagh, Dungannon and Cookstown.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eProminent places and features shown include \u003cstrong\u003eDundalk, Forkhill, Castletown, Castle Roche and the Castleblayney road\u003c\/strong\u003e, with the road network extending across \u003cstrong\u003eCounties Louth and Armagh\u003c\/strong\u003e. Forkhill appears on the engraving in the historic form \u003cstrong\u003e“Forkill.”\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDundalk is prominently shown beside the coast with roads towards Dublin, Ardee, Newry, Castleblayney and Carrickmacross. Immediately north, the road passes \u003cstrong\u003eCastletown\u003c\/strong\u003e and follows the local river system through the surrounding countryside.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe central section records the ruins of \u003cstrong\u003eBallyrigan Castle and Castle Roche\u003c\/strong\u003e, together with Mount Hill Road, Rochdale Road and other local connections. Further north, Forkhill is shown with its church, nearby glebe lands, estates and roads towards Castleblayney and Newry.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe county boundary is clearly marked as the roads pass from the Dundalk area into County Armagh. Rivers, streams, hills, churches, country houses and named residences provide additional detail throughout the sheet.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe combination of towns, castle ruins, roads and named properties makes this map particularly interesting for \u003cstrong\u003eCounty Louth and County Armagh local history, Irish genealogy and family-history research\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIdentified as \u003cstrong\u003eMap 24\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":53866033381669,"sku":"TS-024","price":1300.0,"currency_code":"JPY","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1928\/5511\/files\/01-1783-dundalk-forkhill-castletown-castle-roche-castleblayney-ireland-road-map-hero.jpg?v=1789855702","url":"https:\/\/theoldmapshop.com\/en-jp\/products\/1783-dundalk-forkhill-castletown-castle-roche-castleblayney-ireland-road-map","provider":"The Old Map Shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}