Dictionary of Irish Architects 1720 - 1940

Selected: CO. DERRY, ROE PARK

Name: FERGUSON, MATTHEW
Building: CO. DERRY, ROE PARK
Date: 1795ca;1801
Nature: Builds bridge across R. Roe, assisted by David McBlain, 1795; MF and David McBlain rebuild bridge 1801 after it was washed away in a flood. Wooden structure with 70ft single span.(Collapsed 12 Jul 1830 under weight of a procession of Orangemen.)
Refs: A. Day, P. McWilliams & N. Dobson, eds., Ordnance Survey Memoirs of Ireland Vol. 25, 81,108 (RIA, Ordnance Survey Memoir, Box 47)

Name: MCBLAIN, DAVID
Building: CO. DERRY, ROE PARK
Date: 1795ca;1801
Nature: Matthew Ferguson builds bridge across R. Roe, assisted by D McB, 1795; both me rebuild bridge 1801 after it was washed away in a flood. Wooden structure with 70ft single span.(Collapsed 12 Jul 1830 under weight of a procession of Orangemen.)
Refs: A. Day, P. McWilliams & N. Dobson, eds., Ordnance Survey Memoirs of Ireland Vol. 25, 81,108 (RIA, Ordnance Survey Memoir, Box 47)

Name: MCBLAIN, DAVID
Building: CO. DERRY, ROE PARK
Date: 1801
Nature: Assists Matthew Ferguson in building bridge across River Roe twice in same year.
Refs: OS Memoirs 25 (Parishes of Londonderry - VII), 80