Fatal Duel
Dublin
May 1800
(Authors Collection)
" the snap in duelling was considered as a fire"
We are always interested in material related to duelling in Ireland.
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William Edwards
Gunmaker
Dublin
Indenture between William Edwards and John Pexton regarding his move from No. 24 Castle Street to No.1 Palace Street dated 12th December 1789.
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(Authors collection)
William Edwards traded at No. 5 Palace Street 1776-1780. No. 24 Castle Street 1781-1789 and finally No.1 Palace Street 1790-1797.
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We are always interested in ephemera related to the gunmakers of Ireland.
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W & J Rigby
Gunmakers
Dublin
The classic Irish Derringer style.
(Private collection)
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Happy St Patrick's Day.
Whether you are in Ireland, America, Australia, Canada.... or elsewhere on the globe. Have a great day and remember, if you are of Irish stock, there are over eighty million of you. My word that's a lot of Guinness!!!
Cheers to you all and a big thank you to all those following and adding to this blog.
Dave Stroud. ramrodantiques.co.uk
Thomas Fowler
Gunmaker
Dublin
(Image courtesy of Blackwell Auctions. Clearwater, Florida, USA..)
Thomas Fowler traded at No.29 Capel Street from 1812-1824.
Thomas Fowlers engraver Mr. Samuel Clayton was transported to Australia for forgery in 1816.
Our sincere thanks to Blackwell Auctions and Mr. N. Dignan for bringing this label and associated pistols to our attention.
For further details of the pistols please see the attached link:
Paddy Garnett
Gunsmith
Dublin
Mr N.C. Tarr, Paddy Garnett, unknown client and Mrs Annette Tarr. c.1930.
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Paddy Garnett (in centre)
Gunsmith
Dublin
M Garnett & Son became Garnetts & Keegan's in 1939.
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George McKnight
Gunmaker
Dublin
Extremely rare and desirable Tube-Locked Saw-Handled Duelling Pistol detailed by Ronald A. Ogan in the Gun Report of July 1978.
All photography courtesy of both C. Mike Madsen and Garrett Brownell.
This pistol utilising the Joseph Manton tube lock system (1818) . Alexander Forsyth successfully suing Manton for breach of his master patent covering the use of fulminate of mercury as a form of ignition for firearms.
Col Peter Hawker in Instructions to Young Sportsmen (3rd Edition) of 1824 praises Joseph Manton as one of the most gifted of gunmakers P.64 but goes on to highlight the draw backs of the tube-lock as a system due to the side entry of the ignition and the preference for the later adopted cap system with the central charge ignition.
Col Lt., Peter Hawkers references to barrel boring and the evidence of the harder hitting flintlock system are interesting to all those concerned with the ballistics of early firearms.
This duelling pistol made by George McKnight of Dublin highlighting the forward thinking artisans of Dublin and their want of engaging the latest technology.
15" Overall with a 9.5" octagonal barrel.
A selection of tubes used in this system.
1) Illustrated British Firearms Patents 1714-1853 by Stephen V.Crancsay and Merrill Lindsay.
Winchester Press. 1969.
2) English Gunmakers by De Witt Bailey & Douglas A. Nie. Arms & Armour Press 1978.
pages 78, 84 & 94 detailing Alfred Clayton.
Please refer to our older posts with respect to George McKnight.
David Stroud. ramrodantiques.co.uk
Henry Allport
77 Old George's Street
Cork
A very rare trade card/label for Henry Allport, Cork.
"Thos, Jennings Esq.. May 28th 1844"
We buy original trade cards/labels especially those of Irish gunmakers.
Our thanks to the owner for image and permission to publish.
David Stroud. ramrodantiques.co.uk
Joseph Braddell & Son
Castle Place
Belfast
1898
Shooting let to The Hon. E. Cochrane.
Authors Collecton.
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The Tradesmen of Ireland continued their fight against the Union.
The Freemans Journal 1830
Courtesy British Newspaper Archive.
https://victorianweb.org/history/ireland1.html
Please refer to the above website for further details related to the Act of Union
David Stroud. ramrodantiques.co.uk
Westport Mail
Between
Castlebar, Sligo and Westport.
1831
Mayo Constitution 24th October 1831 Courtesy British Newspaper Archive
The protection of the mail, passengers and their belongings was a priority for these coaching companies and the gunmakers of Ireland supplied a variety of coaching pistols and carbines in order that this facilicity was met. By this date, 1831, the blunderbuss had been superseded by the double barrelled carbine.
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