Eyland Birch
Gunmaker
Dublin, Armagh & Belfast?
A pair of flintlock Overcoat/Travelling pistols by Eyland Birch c.1810.
The above pistols with french cocks, rollers to frizzen springs, large
chequering to stocks with inset motifs. The octagonal barrels marked "Birch Armagh"
Eyland Birch dates c.1809-1817.
He first appears in the Dublin trades directory of 1813.
Eyland Birch dates c.1809-1817.
He first appears in the Dublin trades directory of 1813.
Last trades directory entry for Birch, 1817
| Birch | Eyland | 2 Clarks Court | ||||
| Byrne | Mark | 4 Clarks Court | ||||
| Calderwood | Thomas | 14 Earl Street North | ||||
| Dempsey | William | 12 Swifts Row | ||||
| Fowler | Thomas | 29 Capel Street | ||||
| Gallagher | Henry | 207 Gt Britain Street | ||||
| Gray | John | 46 Moore Street | ||||
| Holland | William | 20 Bishop Street | ||||
| Kavanagh | William | 6 Andersons Court. Greek Street | ||||
| Mc Dermott | Farrell | 1 Abbey Street | ||||
| Muley | Daniel | 32 Townsend Street | ||||
| Murphy | John | 190 Gt Britain Street | Gun Barrel manufacturer | |||
| Pattison | John | 112 Capel Street. Gun & Pistol Manufacturer | ||||
| Rigby | John | 19 Suffolk Street | ||||
| Truelock | William | 10 Little Britain Street | ||||
| Turner | George | 154 Capel Street | ||||
Dates noted by M.S Dudley Westropp being Belfast 1809 & Dublin 1813
Research ongoing.
We are always pleased to see pistols by this gunmaker or any details relevant to him.
Eyland/Eland Birch originally listed by M.S. Dudley Westropp, MRIA.
Journal Arms & Armour Society, 1957.
Vol.11. No 1.
Dave Stroud ramrodantiques.co.uk
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