The Irish Registration Act of 1843
Schedule B.,6&7 Vic.,Cap.74,Sec 3.
Licence to Keep Arms.
County Donegal.
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 Donegal between 1843-1846.
Listed are the county prefix, licence number, description of weapon/s and where possible the maker/retailer.
| DONEGAL | ||
| DL 614 | Flk 24 Bore Pistol | Gabbitas? |
| DL 746/747 | Pair Duelling Pistols | Wogdon |
DL 1004/1005 |
Blunderbuss with Skeleton Stocks | Hutchinson |
| DL 1050 | Flk Greatcoat Pistol | S & C Smith |
| DL 1098 | Flk Boxlock Pocket Pistol. Folding Trigger. | Robert Tomlinson |
| DL 1623 | Flk Military Pistol. | |
| DL 2061 | Perc' D/B Pkt Pistol. 3 Bents to Lock. Captive ramrod | S.Nock. |
| DL 2234 | Flk Sword Pistol. Cir 1650 | |
| DL 2384 | Flk Blunderbuss. Steel Barrel | Hall & Powell |
| DL 2669/2670 | Flk Overcoat Pistols.Dated 1802.Silver Mounts. | T Pattison & Co |
| DL 3525 | Flk Sporting Gun 32" Barrel. Platinum Breech Plug. | Cavanagh |
| DL 3546 | Flk Blunderbuss. Brass barrel. | Cavanagh |
| DL 3900/3901 | Flk Pkt Pistols | H.W Mortimer |
| DL 4932 | Flk Tower | |
| DL 790-/7573 | Details N/A.. |
Of interest in this batch of registrations are the two weapons by Cavanagh. These weapons being registered possibly on the same day? We wrote an article relating to the Kavanagh family for the MLAGB and this can be found on the following link;-
http://www.mlagb.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/201201_cavanagh.pdf
Our thanks to the above link.
Official House of Commons Returns 8th May 1846.
Kavanaghs originally listed by M.S. Dudley Westropp, MRIA.
Journal Arms & Armour Society, 1957.
Vol.11. No 1.
We are always pleased to know of other weapons registered in this county.
Dave Stroud. ramrodantiques.co.uk
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