Men who built the Mourne Wall

[gavcee]

Hi All,
This is maybe a bit off topic, but I feel it still sits within family history in Co.Down, particularly the Mournes area. 

I do not live in Co.Down, but I am regular visitor to the Mournes with a passion for climbing in the Mournes and its history. I feel that there is not enough coverage or information surrounding the men who built the Mourne Wall. I am sure there are magnificent stories during the building of the wall between 1904 and 1922, I would like to research the builders and if enough informatuon is obtained, put this into a website to allow more lovers of the Mourne Mountains to freely access.

Please get in touch if you have any photos, stories, documents etc which can be pulled together in one place to give an understanding of the hardwork and skills was required from these men to build the Mournes Wall. You may be a family relative, or know some information on the topic, any discussion is welcome.

Thanks,

[Sinann]

Can't help with the people but just thought there must have been quite a lot of Stone Masons in the area at the time of the 1911 Census..
I don't know what townlands the wall would cover but there is over 700 with stone and or Mason in their occupation in Co.Down
Only Counties Antrim, Dublin and Cork have close in number, granted that is where the major city's were and some of Belfast would come under Down but a large group in a rural area might stand out.
http://www.rootschat.com/links/01jfd/

[whiteout7]

Mourne wall is  listed on Rosdavies site
"Mourne Wall   Kilcoo & Kilkeel   29: 30/28   man -made wall built to keep cattle out of the catchment area for the Silent Valley Reservoir in c. 1900"
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~rosdavies/PLACENAMES/M.htm

Here is a book extract describing the building of the Mourne Wall
https://books.google.co.nz/books?id=5WWkFEyAn3oC&pg=PA24&dq=building+of+the+mourne+wall&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwijodrK5vTRAhUCmJQKHXNkBkYQ6AEIITAA#v=onepage&q=building%20of%20the%20mourne%20wall&f=false