{"product_id":"1783-ballymena-ballycastle-broughshane-clough-armoy-ireland-road-map","title":"1783 Ballymena, Ballycastle, Broughshane, Clough, Armoy Ireland Road Map | Taylor \u0026 Skinner","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e1783 Taylor \u0026amp; Skinner Ballymena, Ballycastle, Broughshane, Clough, Armoy Ireland Road Map\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePublished in 1783, this hand-coloured antique Ireland road map is Map 20 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 Ballycastle,”\u003c\/strong\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eProminent places shown include \u003cstrong\u003eBallymena, Ballycastle, Broughshane, Clough and Armoy\u003c\/strong\u003e, together with Ballygarvey, Craigbilly, Leminary, Loughguile, Ballintoy, Dervock and Glenarm. The engraving uses the historic spelling \u003cstrong\u003e“Clogh”\u003c\/strong\u003e for modern Clough.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAround the principal roads are numerous smaller settlements, estates and landmarks, including \u003cstrong\u003eWhitehall, Lime Park and Lisanoure Castle\u003c\/strong\u003e, together with churches, mills, waterways, country houses and the names of contemporary landowners.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBallycastle 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe combination of towns, estates, roads and named properties makes this map particularly interesting for \u003cstrong\u003eCounty Antrim local history, Irish genealogy and family-history research\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIdentified as \u003cstrong\u003eMap 20\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":53758512202021,"sku":"TS-020","price":11.0,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1928\/5511\/files\/01-1783-ballymena-ballycastle-broughshane-clough-armoy-ireland-road-map-framed-mockup.jpg?v=1788749878","url":"https:\/\/theoldmapshop.com\/en-sg\/products\/1783-ballymena-ballycastle-broughshane-clough-armoy-ireland-road-map","provider":"The Old Map Shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}