Leitrim. The Irish Registration Act of 1843

The Irish Registration Act of 1843

  Schedule B.,6&7 Vic.,Cap.74,Sec 3.

                                   Licence to Keep Arms.

                                       County Leitrim

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 Leitrim between 1843-1846.

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

County Leitrim

LE 182	Flk Blunderbuss	Trulock
LE1140	Police carbine converted.	W&J Rigby
LE 1457/1458	Pair Flk Duelling Pistols. Cased. Mc Dermott label to lid.	Lanigan
LE 1559	Police Constabulary Carbine converted	W. Rigby?

Official House of Commons Returns 8th May 1846.

Total returns Qty 2681

W & J Rigby police constabulary converted carbine marked (LE 1140) on butt tang.

We are always interested in weapons registered in this county.

Dave Stroud. ramrodantiques.co.uk