West Cork 1843 Registration Act.

The Irish Registration Act of 1843

  Schedule B.,6&7 Vic.,Cap.74,Sec 3.

                                   Licence to Keep Arms.

                                       County West Cork.

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 West Cork between 1843-1846.

Listed are the county prefix, licence number, description of weapon/s and where possible the maker/retailer.

WC 468	Flk Light Dragoon Pistol. Crowned GR.	Ketland & Co
WC 615	Percussion Backaction Pistol	Bowls
WC 629	Flk Overcoat Pistol. Cock replaced.	Bryan
WC 717/718	Pair Flk Silver Mounted Holster Pistols	Joseph Griffin
WC 719/720	Pair Flk Duellers. Stepped Bolted Locks.	Wogdon
WC 967	40 Bore Boxlock Travelling Pistol
WC 1008	Bronze Cannon. 13" Overall. Barrel 11.5"
WC 1181	Percussion Turnover Pocket Pistol	W & J Rigby
WC 1312	Perc' Travelling Pistol.Captive Ramrod.	Crispin
WC 1468	Pair Flk Trav' Pistols
WC 1621	Pocket Pistol.	Crispin
WC 1789	Flk Travelling Pistol.	Clark
WC 1911	Military Musket converted to Perc' French. Napoleonic
WC 1935	Percussion Musket
WC 2360	Perc' Belt Pistol. .50 Cal..	Allport
WC 2520	4 bore B/action long barrelled sporting gun
WC 3051/3052	Cased Pair D/B Pistols	Bird & Ashmore

Flintlock Light Dragoon Pistol registered (WC 468).
Photography courtesy Steve Collward

Official House of Commons Returns 8th May 1846. 

We are always pleased to know of weapons registered in this county or any of the other 39 areas

within this Act.

Dave Stroud.ramrodantiques.co.uk