Notice to Dealers in Gun-Powder and Sellers of Arms.
Customs House
Dublin
March 19th 1806.
Ten years following the introduction of this law the Commissioners of His Majesty's Revenue were feeling short changed!
The smuggling of firearms into Ireland continued so much so that arms were already engraved on the mainland to a given Irish gunmaker. Once landed in Ireland to a licensed dealer they could not be easily identified as "imported". However, many caches of arms were intercepted. The cattle boats being a popular route.
The above notice is evidence of the restrictions the Government had put on the Irish guntrade in an effort to reduce the availability of Arms to the private sector having already dismantled the Irish Board of Ordnance and transferred this to London.
In future blogs we will look at various arms caches unearthed en route to Ireland.
Dave Stroud. R.A..
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