Mrs Garnett
Crampton Court
Dublin
This company would reappear in the guntrade c.1932 and ultimately amalgamate with Keegan's in 1949. Mrs Garnett being Paddy Garnetts widow.
Paddy Garnett having known to have traded in Bishop Street in c.1860 ( No directory evidence). He is also noted as having moved to Crampton Court.*
* George Burrows wrote a very interesting piece on the history of Garnetts and Keegan's in "Irish Fieldsports & Angling Handbook compiled by Albert Titterington, B.Sc., M.B.A.. The Appletree Press Ltd., for Professional Promotions Ltd.. Published 1984".
The Garnett company, as can be seen, was more involved in the supply of fishing tackle
and gunpowder than firearms. The later link with Keegan's consolidating both these company's positions in the wider fieldsports market.
Garnetts and Keegan's , 31 Parliament Street, Dublin will be covered in various blogs in the future.
Dave Stroud. ramrodantiques.co.uk
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