Tuesday, 26 July 2016

County Tipperary, South. Irish Registration Act 1843.

The Irish Registration Act of 1843

  Schedule B.,6&7 Vic.,Cap.74,Sec 3.

Licence to Keep Arms.

                                        

                                          County Tipperary, South.

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 Tipperary, South between 1843-1846.

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


Cased set of Kavanagh Percussion Target Pistols.
Registered in South Tipperary (ST 1306/1307)


Octagonal Barrel registered ST-1306 
Octagonal Barrel registered ST-1307

Weapons found registered in County Tipperary, South. (ST) 


ST 14/15
Pair Perc' Travelling Pistols
Egg & Sons
ST 38
Percussion Turnover Pistol
Trulock & Son
ST 329
Converted D/B Pistol.
Barber
ST 406
Brass Barrelled Blunderbuss
W Guinness
ST 616
Perc' Pocket Pistol.
Tatham.
ST 692
Percussion O/U Pistol
Richardson
ST 784/785
16 Bore Holster Pistols. Silver Mounts
Alley
ST 787
Flk O/U Holster Pistol
C.Niquet
ST 828
Perc' D/B Back Action Trav/Officers Pistol. 16 Bore.
M. Collins
ST 917
Brass Barrelled Military Style Blunderbuss

ST 985
Pair 20 Bore Perc' Travelling Pistols.
Calderwood
ST 1306/1307
Pair Perc'Target Pistols. Captive Ramrods.
Kavanagh
ST 1853
Converted Brass Barrelled Blunderbuss.
Rigby
ST 2274
Flk Holster Pistol
Ransford
ST 2674/2675
Pair 20 bore Flk Pistols.
Trulock & Son
ST 3193
Flk Pistol
Clarke
ST 3399
Flk Holster Pistol. Brass Barrel. 10" 2 stage.
Barber
ST 3778/3779
Pair of Converted Brass Barelled Horse Pistols. Silver Mounts 1777.
Daniel Moore


Reverse sides showing saw-handled grips,under ribs and unusually fitted captive ramrods.

South Riding. Official House of Commons Returns 8th May 1846






Totals for South Riding Qty 4063

South



We are always interested in weapons registered in South Tipperary.

Dave Stroud. ramrodantiques.co.uk


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