The Irish Registration Act of 1843
Schedule B.,6&7 Vic.,Cap.74,Sec 3.
Licence to Keep Arms.
County Carlow.
and dealers. In total over 1100 registrations from the 40 areas have been collated which is a very small sample of the 300.000 weapons the authorities had calculated were in circulation in private hands
at this time.
The list below gives all those weapons found registered in County Carlow between 1843-1846.
Listed are the county prefix, licence number, description of weapon/s and where possible the maker/retailer.
Registrations found for County Carlow.
CW 57/58
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Cased
Duelling Pistols
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Wogdon
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CW 165/166
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Percussion
Pocket Pistol
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Calderwood
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CW 239
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Cased D/B
Turnover Pistol
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Rigby
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CW 240
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Percussion
Turnover Vender Pistol
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W&J
Rigby
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CW 307
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Early
18th century Flk Holster Pistol
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CW 310
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Flk Steel
Barrelled Blunderbuss
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Gray
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CW 487
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Perc'
Pocket Pistol
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D.Egg
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CW 716
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Cased 6
Shot Pepperbox
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W & J
Rigby
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CW 863
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Flk 16
Bore Carbine.
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CW 1009
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Flk D/B
Shotgun
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Manton
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CW 1250
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Flk Brass
Barrelled Blunderbuss.
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Ketland
& Co
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CW 1094/1095
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Flk
Manstopper/Travelling Pistol
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Goggin
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CW 1922
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Flk Steel
Barrelled Blunderbuss
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CW 2071
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Flk Steel
Barrelled Blunderbuss
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Fowler
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CW 2792/2793
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Pair
Greatcoat Pistols
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CW 3010/3011
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Cased
Pair of Flk Duellers.
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W & J
Rigby
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CW 3724
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Pistol
issued and licenced to Samuel Thorpe. 3rd April 1846*
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NB: Licence only.No description of weapon. *The interesting fact in this batch of registrations is that Licence CW 3724 was issued in April 1846. This being the year the Act was repealed. Therefore, we can assume this was one of he final registrations in this county. This indicating that less than 4000 licences were issued in this county for the whole 3 year period. In April 1846 the Act would have been running for two and a half years. Indicating that each month on average the Petty Session were issuing approximately 120 licences. Once the paperwork had been raised the owner could then attend the police barracks where his weapon/weapons could be duly "Branded". No doubt when the Act commenced in 1843 there would have been a large amount of registrations to administer and this would have gradually trailed off. Please refer to our previous blogs related to this Act listed below: 21/12/2015 15/12/2015 28/11/2015 18/11/2015 21/10/2015 10/9/2015 Official House of Commons Returns 8th May 1846. 3470 We are always pleased to know of any weapons registered in this county or any of the other 38 areas. Dave Stroud. ramrodantiques.co.uk |
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