Clare County: 1843 Registration Act.

The Irish Registration Act of 1843

                          Schedule B.,6&7 Vic.,Cap.74,Sec 3.
                                    Licence to Keep Arms.

                                          County Clare.

The following entries have been collected over a number years by myself, fellow collectors
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 Clare between 1843-1846.
Listed are the county prefix, licence number, description of weapon/s and where possible the maker/retailer.

CL 28	Flk Brass Barrelled Blunderbuss.	Mrs Mills
CL 318/319	Flk Brass Barrelled Blunderbuss Pistols with Bayonet.	Nicholson
CL 718	Flk Officers Pistol. C 1810. W&W auction 19/03/2013.
CL 897	Flk Overcoat Pistol. French Cocks	Turner
CL 1052	Flk E.I.C. Brownbess	Henshaw
CL 1198	Perc' All Steel Pocket Pistol	W&J Rigby
CL 1444	Flk Overcoat Pistol.	Wogdon
CL 1663	12 bore Percussion Holster Pistol. Conversion.	Carter
CL 1871	Baker Rifle
CL2090/2091	Pair Flk Duelling Pistols	T. Fowler
CL 2094/2095	Perc' Side Hammer Pocket Pistols. In the Irish Style.	Boyd
CL 2660	Flk Carbine	W&J Rigby
CL 3283	Perc' 28 bore Travelling Pistol.

Flintlock blunderbuss by Mills Limerick. Registered in County Clare , CL 28. 

Photography courtesy Mr Rex Pope.

We are always pleased to receive information relating to arms registered in County Clare or any of the other 39 areas covered by the 1843 Registration Act.

Dave Stroud.ramrodantiques.co.uk