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 |