ANCIENT ROADWAYS OF DONE.GAL A C'ARR,IAGE ROADWAY TO GiLENCIO[.lMKILLE A street of K1:llybegs known as Old F'.Lnitr:a. RiQ1aid was t:he outlet for the first pav12id ihJighway to F~ntra, K:ilciar and Gl£1n1. Tlhie· s1tee:p SJverrrllitnie· h~ll iadjaic,enrt ;tQI the toiWlll h<~ld no terr.01rs. tor tho1S1e e:arly road eng1ineieirs. I·~ ·sct1e tJh1·10u.g!h1 Flntra a.nd Lrairgy was the tS:ame-3.tS1 t1ruat oif the pre.~ent road. But at Kli.llie (CUinn(mgham's), i1I1Jsteiaid of !inclJ1n~ng EhOI1ewatrd, ~ t tS.ihot QiCfOSiS tihie: hdlls::a;e thIDoug1h La:rgymor.e· and alb10ve the la!l':ger VJiJI:aig,ei of Bra V'~n wher:e· it ,turn.:.. 1ed Wesitiward 1to Go·rt1n1agiUagh and contii1I1uicid 1to IDJicar. From K!ilcar it p:a;s.E1ed t!htroillg'h BiaJldntemple, Curr is, Plortalchria:n1, D:::rryi1ahain, 0ind acroi.ss tihie well known fol'ld on ,the Glen River below Carrick. Tradition has it t.btat a brr1idge erected at this point at a later date was demolished over ni.,ghit to !P·I'e'V·E!Il t Riev.enue Polle:; CIIQIS'.E!ing to G~·en. From the Meenavean-.Malinmore junction the old· ,road took a ·course over the hill west of the present road. It is srt/]l u1E1ed for .tflie, transport 01f itrurf. 1P10~Mon of a. disused lhl~ghway :thia.t rian from ·thi!s po1:nt to Mali1I1more o:s now srulbm·erg12d an Lough Awa. Another old road tto. t!he M.ali.ns wietri't, fro1m Se:an ·Gi.eann through KGl.a:nl:ld. Oa.s1an an Ghrea;rra1n was an old p;a~:hrway from T;e.zUn to Malinbe:g_ MALIN.BEG.. THE ROXBORO !RECTORY, 1750. Jury to get pr.e's1entmenits for tihe dual purpoisie of empJioyling h:is. tenants and impr:nvJ:nig hlls prop.ertY. one of thes~ roads, stlill poin:·bed outt, ria1n from Cus:I~ry O'V·er the: .top of Bogaigh a,nid nort!h!W'ard to Str:ale:el and Meenaneary. 'I'.h1e main road was piavie.d alilid gr.av-eUed, and bridges- :Mld piipie:.s were bu.ilt. A Murray-Ste·w:a11-.t 1esta:te-map of 1815 s:h.owiS the road from K-i1car through the Glen of Ballydubh and 01V13T' MuUanougll1 to Ardara. '!'.hie con- . struct:o.n of 1thls roa1d may ih1ave be:eil1 due tq the iniftuence Olf the Nesbitts of Woodh.ill .who, - a~ weli as be{~g . Grand Jurors, were-_ l!andlords O'f .(\rdara and of certadn towinlands adJaic·enit to Kilca.r. At t:h[s poinr~ there w:a.s -·no . road!W'ay :t1h~ou1gh Crove, and ma:ny of the hou:sie:s stood dlamg1erou~ly cloEe to the 1bank of the r~ver. In 1831 t!he road from G1enoolmki1le· to Le·amaigorwria wa.s :Ill cours€'. nf construction1 t.hroug~ Largy- .nia.seeriagh and Stravalley. Many ni2iw roads have been mad:e siinice, and thi2 work goes steadily 'an. Tou:r 1752. BIBLIOGRAPHY in I:celand (Dr. Pococke) T'ours in Ir·cland, (Young), .177679. 1Grand Jury Pres·enitments, 17531800 i.St::i.tis ical ~urvey or Co. Donegal. CMc.Partland) 1802. Strictur·e·s Dn R-0ad Police, (W. Gregg), 1818. , Fe11-Scribhinn Eoin Mhic .l\eil - Roadways in Ancient Irelamid (0 R.oad ~mprovement.c; in .the Kil-: Lochlainn). , car-Gliem ariE.1a. iar1e thought to date I Preh:s,toric Ireland, (R1a:f't.e<ry). fl'1om a1bi0iu.t 1750 whis1n t~he first re'c-:-' The Book of Inntshowen, (H; .P. tiory wa..s budlt sit Rortaichram (which Swan). had been r:e-nam€1d Roxboro in the History bf the DioeeEe a:f Rapho2. r:siign, otf C'hiar1e:s ID., The Riec1tor whio CM:agw:re). was al..s!O landlord of Cu1skry Gk:be Ulst.er Journal of Ar·chaeolagy ex.erted h.is m!flu1::1111cie w·:tJh the Grand (1938) - An Ancient Route (Lawlor) 484.
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