Westport Mail. 1831.

 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 By this date, 1831, the blunderbuss had been superseded by the double barrelled carbine.

David Stroud. ramrodantiques.co.uk