New Turnpike Road from Dublin to Carlow

Dublin & Carlow New Turnpike Road 1829

Article taken from the Carlow Morning Post 8 June 1829. New Turnpike road from Dublin to Carlow

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Dublin & Carlow New Turnpike Road 1829
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Dublin & Carlow New Turnpike Road 1829

Article taken from the Carlow Morning Post 8 June 1829. New Turnpike road from Dublin to Carlow

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In June 1829, a consortium of gentlemen met for the purpose of establishing a Turnpike road from Dublin to Carlow through Blessington and Baltinglass. The meeting took place on Tuesday 4th June, in the Royal Exchange. The report stated that "It was resolved that a Toll Gate be opened, and the collection of tolls do commence at Tallaght on Tuesday next, and it was likewise agreed upon that a general meeting of the Trustees shall take place on Tuesday, the 7th of July next, at Blessington, when sites for several other toll gates will be determined upon.

Among the gentlemen present were: Henry Hamilton Esq., Agent of the Duke of Leinster; John Murray, Esq., Agent to the Marquess of Downshire; Robert Challoner, Esq., Agent to Lord Fitzwilliam; Cornelius Sullivan, Esq., agent to Lord Pembroke; Major Hornidge, Major Palmer, John Hornidge, John Finnamore, Francis William Greene, Mathew Cogan, William Fishbourne, Nicholas Roe, and William Newton, Esqrs. Thomas Crozier, Esq., was appointed Agent and Solicitor, and William Dargan, Esq., was the columns of the Carlow Morning Post and the Evening Packet."
 - Carlow Morning Post 8/06/1829

Dublin & Carlow New Turnpike Road 1831

Notice taken from Carlow Morning Post March 1831. Dublin and Carlow New Turnpike Road

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Dublin & Carlow New Turnpike Road 1831
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Dublin & Carlow New Turnpike Road 1831

Notice taken from Carlow Morning Post March 1831. Dublin and Carlow New Turnpike Road

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Some years later, in March 1831 a notice appeared on the turnpike road from Dublin to Carlow in the Carlow Morning Post. "Notice is hereby given that the next quarterly meeting of the Trustees of the said Road will be held at the Downshire Arms Hotel in Blessington on Tuesday, the 5th April next, to consider the expediency of building Toll Houses and raising the Tolls on Public Carriages and Drays, having narrow wheels, and let by Auction the Tolls of the different gates for one year, from the 1st May next. Further particulars to be known by application to Mr. Derinzi Baltinglass, or Mr. Dargan, No. 8 Lower Merrion Street.

The new communication between Baltinglass and Carlow will be opened immediately, making this the shortest and best road to the South of Ireland. Good Post Horses are now to be had at Blessington and Baltinglass, which will run from Dublin to Carlow in three stages.
By order B.S. Derinze. Baltinglass, March 1st 1831."
- Carlow Morning Post 3/03/1831

In 1842, because the section of the road between Baltinglass and Carlow was deemed not to be of sufficient quality, the Trust decided that tolls should not be levied on this section.