ANCIENT ROADWAYS OF DONEGAL c•rosised the Owe1niea IQn a bl'\idge and Vh12 Ard.al'la rlivex oin a W-Gdg.e. Approa.chi1111g OarrlicJ~rnamoh1iH on his way t·o K~'llybegs hre tf!a.ve1led over "thie lon:g :biog 01f Str-ag:ar on1 a very go.ad road", .a111id ht2 giwe sp2·c1a:l prafasie to the !h:i,g'h-way be·tweren Balllimtra and Ba[ly.s!hanno.in. ROADS OF KIL,L YBEGS. The r·oiad through Sfra:gar mu.st hiarve bsm1 IQ1f r•21c:e:n1t cons:~ructJion for a m:ap o,f 17 49 ( Be1H' s map Of the Murnay-st.eiwar.t -est.ate) shows no p.Jie'ted) from Ardara Dia:mond a.cros.s Drumbarron, and o;ver the h):Uside of Gashe·l t;qi t!he iNJck. 'I1he· prieseint. road from Ard.a:ra to the Nick wa;s l:aLd out and gra;vreiled 14 feet Wilde · in tih•3 yi;;:ars 1766-68. '!hie· cau~ieiway prc.vConisly in ;us.e ra:n e:lios'e to the r'. ver ln1 the bottom of the van ey. EXTRAC'IS - A FEW OF MANY 1756. A \bridge ove·r the River FL·rnn on "r,he G re,at Road from Boylagh to BaJlyboJey" wia;s bujlt at a cost of £ 165. road through Carricknamohill, Faif-1756 an1nra:ni, or the Oomm:oin.iSJ, but th2 Bulll:gos:tin. R1iver had a11addeiT-shaiJ)ed brddge a•cross tt. It m•ay have be1e1n j that carriage-way roads only were j m:a:rkisid by .som.2 of tho~18 £1arwy map- 'I!he road f1r\Om M:ounk.harles to KJrain.e wa.s in coun:e of con.slruction, and 9 br'id,gu3 and 48 pl:p3:s were brn~lt on the "Great Road" · le.adin.g makers. Acc:rnrdiJng t,o Bell "The 1757 Gr1 2:a~t Roa:d'' run!Iliinig b2t.wee:n tihe town-park.s of the "City of roillybe-gs" turn(ed :abr1uip•tly at K:nockn:ag1:n, whieT"e it paxtsd w!ith its. fu11ces, cro.ss- 1757 ·2d :at thte end of Louigihead and over Carnmme ~lil the dire1ct!ion of Bruc1kfrom BaUintra .to. P.ett~go1:;, £9 was paid to J:am:es Ha-m11ton · anid Wm. Br1.c:2 ·to bud1d a bridge .of O!ne a.rc1h :Over tihe River of Klilly.begs. ·· ,, ., .. . ' '.:if ·' '·' I 'I'h.e road from Trye:n:agh to· Gwe·2barra. was coated w~th stones and gr:avel at a cos:t of £105. le:ss. Iin 1765 thlirte2in new piipes at a cost Orf 10/ - ea1ch w2r:e· cQn1Srtruc~ed · bet>w;e·en Carrl1ckrna>mohi:il1 and Kiillyb:;1g.s. Ln the Ea.me y·e1a1r brddges of stone and lime :w·ere built at Car·rickna,m·o!hlill, Faifanna1n !3JI1Jd Owenamallagh (was this latter the Commons?). GIR1AND JURY PRESENTMENTS, 1753-1800 1758 On the "Great Roa1d," from Don·e:ga.1 to K1Jly1begs a new sec-tion was op:en·ed . through the lainds nf Drum.ark and Balliwed, another through t1hie lia.nds of Mourm~cha.rles amid Dry:r!1ore, and a. third through Ca!"ricknagore. , 17&0-New Bridge ov·er the Glen River. New roa.rt to bz, run stra-:.ght thTougih the lands of Straid, Curtecro and Carrick, beg::nning at Btrai!d :amid endFrom the Grand J.uxy re.cords of 1753-1800 we ,learn .th<at thi.SJ was a p::1r'.iod of great :act~vity jn roaidm:aki'ng ·a:nrd bxlid:g,3·-buildi:ng. Many pg-;ev1:oulSly built roiads we:re· diverted or r•ecoints:tructied ln accordance with I t1he r12qu!ir.eme!Ilrts Qof whie:e·led tr.affic th:e:n eo:mJl.ng into vog;u~-. Here and there through-oru:t the coUinty can still be seen traces ·of earlier roads ru;nniing dead .straight mp hi!U · and down without regard to gradient or c21n~t~eLS:I of population. A classdc exarmpJ1e 1s th·e ok1 road (n•2ver com1730 1761 1762 481. iing at the Bridg.c, of GJ.En. Request of R::v. Robert Phillips a.nd Andrew Hamilton. A bridge over the River Clog· hianlea (Dungloe). New Road from Letterkenny tJ Ballti.namor:=. £ 141-15s. .granted to buHd a four arched bridge of stom;
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