{"product_id":"1783-newry-markethill-scarva-poyntzpass-loughgilly-ireland-road-map","title":"1783 Newry, Markethill, Scarva, Poyntzpass, Loughgilly Ireland Road Map | Taylor \u0026 Skinner","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e1783 Taylor \u0026amp; Skinner Newry, Markethill, Scarva, Poyntzpass, Loughgilly Ireland Road Map\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePublished in 1783, this hand-coloured antique Ireland road map is Map 22 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 Market-Hill and to Stewartstown,”\u003c\/strong\u003e identifies the principal journey represented on the sheet. Mileage tables also record the continuing route through Tandragee, Portadown and Blackwaterfoot towards Stewartstown, together with distances from Newry to Scarva.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eProminent places shown include \u003cstrong\u003eNewry, Markethill, Scarva, Poyntzpass and Loughgilly\u003c\/strong\u003e, with the map extending through parts of \u003cstrong\u003eCounties Armagh and Down\u003c\/strong\u003e. Poyntzpass appears on the engraving in the historic form \u003cstrong\u003e“Points Pass.”\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNewry is shown with roads towards Dublin, Belfast, Downpatrick and Castleblayney, while the \u003cstrong\u003eNewry River and canal corridor\u003c\/strong\u003e runs alongside the route. Nearby places and estates include Lisdrumgullion, Mullaglass, Greenfield and Dernolly.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFurther north, the engraving records \u003cstrong\u003eLoughgilly, the River Cusher, Markethill and Gosford Castle\u003c\/strong\u003e, together with Clare, Richhill, Acton and numerous churches, country houses and named properties. On the eastern side, the road follows the waterway towards Scarva and the Banbridge road.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe central section includes \u003cstrong\u003eDrumbanagher\u003c\/strong\u003e and Poyntzpass, illustrating the dense network of roads, waterways, estates and settlements between Newry and the surrounding Armagh and Down countryside.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe combination of towns, estates, river and canal routes, and named properties makes this map particularly interesting for \u003cstrong\u003eCounties Armagh and Down local history, Irish genealogy and family-history research\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIdentified as \u003cstrong\u003eMap 22\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":53857628553509,"sku":"TS-022","price":1300.0,"currency_code":"JPY","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1928\/5511\/files\/01-1783-newry-markethill-scarva-poyntzpass-loughgilly-ireland-road-map-hero.jpg?v=1789780977","url":"https:\/\/theoldmapshop.com\/en-jp\/products\/1783-newry-markethill-scarva-poyntzpass-loughgilly-ireland-road-map","provider":"The Old Map Shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}