The Post Master General & Dublin Castle issue £200 Reward & Free Pardon.
October 17th 1786.
Reading the above just puts into focus the reason why so many firearms were issued to the
mail coach teams. The desperados in this case a gang of five robbed the postbags of Cork & Kinsale at midnight on the 14th October 1786. The reward of £200 was, at this time ,a colossal amount of money.
Both the Post Master General & Dublin Castle meant business with this proclamation.
A Mail Coach Blunderbuss supplied by Matthew Goggin.
Gunsmith and Armourer to the General Post Office.
Dave Stroud. R.A..
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