The First Toll Roads

Download or read book The First Toll Roads written by David Broderick and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book shows why Ireland's first toll roads, known as turnpike roads, came into existence. It traces the development of Ireland's principal roads, the basis of our present arterial system, from the late medieval period. Originally based on the port of Dublin, the turnpike roads quickly spread to Cork, Limerick, Belfast and eventually the rest of the country except the northwest.