Irish Registration Act
1843
Schedule B., 6 &7 Vic., Cap. 74, Sec 3.
Schedule B., 6 &7 Vic., Cap. 74, Sec 3.
Licence to Keep Arms.
This survey of the above Act has been conducted over a period of thirty years. It has only been possible due to the kindness and support given by a raft of friends, collectors and dealers to
whom are owed a great debt of gratitude.
For those not totally au fait with this law please refer to our earlier blogs of:
10/9/2015
21/10/2015
18/11/2015.
The author has written a number of articles relating to the 1843 Act and further findings will be published through these blogs. However, should you have any specific points you wish to raise you can contact us either through the ramrodantique.co.uk website or by telephone.
The data below firstly details the prefixes for each county or borough and then adds the highest licence number found for the given county. For example if we consider the first entry for Antrim we can see the prefix for this county being "AN". Then we have recorded the highest licence number found in that county i.e., 9007. This meaning that this licence was the nine thousand and seventh licence issued in this county. It must be remembered that other higher numbers will exist. The last figure "39" is the total number of licences this survey has found for this county or borough.
Highest licence numbers found per county/borough and total number of samples found
per area.
Highest
Area Licence No. Total found
Antrim AN 9007 43
Armagh AR 9161 47
Carlow CW 3724 22
Cavan CN 8620 14
Clare CL 3283 16
Drogheda DR 205 3
Drogheda DR 205 3
East Cork EC 3675 65
West Cork WC 3052 21
Cork Borough CB 3087 24
Donegal DL 7573 21
Down DN 15074 75
Dublin County DU 10712 122
Dublin City DC 8801 131
Fermanagh F 8417 31
Galway G 3576 18
Kerry KE 951 4
Kildare KD 4436 22
Kilkenny KK 2484 9
Kilkenny Boro' KB 420 3
Kings County KS 1724 23
Leitrim LE 1559 5
Limerick LK 3846 17
Limerick Boro' LB 665 4
Londonderry LY 10127 50
Longford LD 1578 6
Louth LH 1746 46
Mayo MA 2108 15
Meath ME 5503 31
Monaghan MN 6923 25
Queens Q 4565 10
Roscommon R 2345 20
Sligo S 7284 7
North Tipperary NT 3373 11
South Tipperary ST 3779 23
Tyrone TY 12284 59
Waterford WA 1339 5
Waterford Boro' WB 445 13
Westmeath WM 3413 17
Wexford WX 7543 45
Wicklow WI 2658 34
40 Areas 190.860 licences 1157 Average per County/Boro' 4771.
The above indicates a total of 190.860 licences having been issued between 1843-1845.
This number is not a finite figure as many others will exist with higher numbers.
Certain weapons registered would have been worn out, broken or destroyed.
Interestingly the six counties; Antrim, Armagh, Down, Tyrone, Londonderry and Fermanagh
contribute over a quarter of the licences found in this survey (26.4%) This being an average of 10,678 licences issued per county. Whereas the other 34 areas would muster only an average of 3729 licences.
Future blogs will look at other interesting facts and figures such as the number of blunderbusses
and duelling pistols registered.
Dave Stroud. ramrodantiques.co.uk
The above indicates a total of 190.860 licences having been issued between 1843-1845.
This number is not a finite figure as many others will exist with higher numbers.
Certain weapons registered would have been worn out, broken or destroyed.
Interestingly the six counties; Antrim, Armagh, Down, Tyrone, Londonderry and Fermanagh
contribute over a quarter of the licences found in this survey (26.4%) This being an average of 10,678 licences issued per county. Whereas the other 34 areas would muster only an average of 3729 licences.
Future blogs will look at other interesting facts and figures such as the number of blunderbusses
and duelling pistols registered.
Dave Stroud. ramrodantiques.co.uk
would yo know when pistols with WB215 and WB 216 would have been registered please
ReplyDeleteHello Jimbo. For sure these two pistols would have been registered in 1844. Thank you for your interest in the site.
ReplyDeleteThank you for the reply
DeleteIs there any way of finding out more about who reistered them
Thank you