Game Notices. Ireland

Game Notices.

                                               Ireland

         With the ever popular interest of fieldsports in Ireland the need to protect game became
         paramount. The above notices being evidence of the ongoing battle against the poacher.

            We are always interested in any advertisements related to early fieldsports in Ireland.
                                         
                                                   Dave Stroud. ramrodantiques.co.uk

Samuel Wallace. Gunmaker

Samuel Wallace
Gunmaker
Dublin

1782-1798

Featured Duelling Pistol

                                     Lockmaker mark "W H". Possibly William Henderson.
                                       Henderson was a Freeman in 1763 and was 
                                            apprenticed to Thomas Truelock, 
                                                    College Green, Dublin.

                                                              Detented lock

                                                    Enclosed roller to spring

                                              Classic "Wogdon" flat sided stock.

                                         Reverse side showing "V" & "P" Proof.



1798 Trades Directory final entry for Samuel Wallace.

Alley	William		6 Abbey St
Blackwell	Elizabeth		46 Fishamble st
Clarke	Nicholas		35 Capel St
Devereux	Michael		3 Blackall Row
Divine	Thomas		194 Abbey St
Dobson	James		32 Skinner Row
Edwards	William		1 Palace St
Fowler	Thomas		121 Capel st
Gray	John		2 Bride St
Guinness	Richard		107 James's St
Hutchinson	Michael		8 Dame St
Kinder	Matthew		81 Camden St
Meredith	Charles		45 Fishamble St
Morton	William		28 Castle St
Muley	Daniel		28 Parliament St
Phillips	Thomas		45 Gt Ship St
Powell	Isabella		159 Abbey St
Rigby	John		19 Suffolk St
Langson	John		22 Eustace St
Mc Dermott	Farrell		2 Abbey St
Tomlinson	Robert		123 Capel St
Truelock	Thomas		50 Barrack St
Wallace	Samuel		22 Eustace St

                  Our sincere thanks to the owner for photography and permission to feature this
                                          very elegant and desirable duelling pistol.

Samuel Wallace originally listed by M.S. Dudley Westropp, MRIA. 

Journal Arms & Armour Society, 1957.

Vol.11. No 1.

                We are always pleased to feature Irish pistols/guns through these blogs.

Dave Stroud. ramrodantiques.co.uk

Trulock & Son. 9 Dawson St.

Trulock & Son
Gunmakers
9 Dawson St.
Dublin

                                        Trade label used for the period 1832-1842.

                                
Truelock & Son trades directory entry for 1832.

Bales & King			28 Nassau Street. Listed as " London Gun Makers"
Calderwood	Thomas		14 Earl Street N.
Dempsey	William		192 Gt Britain Street
Donough	Thomas		2 Essex Quay
Gallagher	Henry		207 Gt Britain Street
Kavanagh	William		4 Ormond Quay Upper.
Lanigan	John		14 College Green
Murphy	John		190 Gt Britain Street
Parkinson	John		22 Arran Quay
Pattison	Mark & John		17 Crampton Quay
Pepper	George		1 Abbey Street
Rigby	William & John		24 Suffolk Street
Truelock	William & Son		9 Dawson Street
Walsh	John		43 Montgomery Street
Wilson	James		45 W. New Row

Both spellings Trulock & Truelock are found in the directories for the period 1832-1842.
However, we have never seen a trade card/label with the latter spelling.


Please refer to our earlier blogs:-     9/11/2015
                                                         29/9/2015 
                                                           5/9/2015

We are always interested in any material related to the Trulock dynasty of gunmakers.
                                      
Dave Stroud. ramrodantiques.co.uk

Gunstocks: Dublin

Alder's Timber Yard
No 52 Bridge Foot Street
Dublin. 

                                    Advertisement for Walnut Stocks for Guns and Pistols
                                                                         c. 1780

The above advertisement emphasizes the importance of the guntrade to the Dublin economy
in the late 18th century.  

         The Dublin guntrade in 1780 included:-

Alley	Lewis		15 Cork Hill
Dalton	Edward		46 College Green
Devine	Thomas		3 Abbey St
Edwards	William		5 Palace St
Morton	William		31 Skinner Row
Rainsford	James		29 Dame St.
Thorp	Thomas		Darby Sq

We are always interested in early advertisements related to the guntrade in Ireland.

Dave Stroud ramrodantiques.co.uk

Obadiah Wisdom. Gunmaker.

Obadiah Wisdom

Gunmaker

Drogheda

Gold  cartouche of Obadiah Wisdom.

All photography courtesy of the owner

Johan Van Zyl of South Africa.

Prior to the conversion this pistol was a top class dueller,

 possibly one of a pair. C. 1810

The above pistol being 15.75" in overall length with a 10.63" octagonal bead sighted barrel 

of 22 bore.

Half stocked chequered grip with horn forend.

Barrel made by John Murphy ("J.M")

Dublin.

In this conversion the full rainproof pan from the flintlock

has been poorly filed and remnants still evident.

The lockplate work is not that of Obadiah Wisdom.

Twin gold lined breech bands.  

The reworked breech plug and bolster very well executed.

Please refer to our earlier blog related to this gunmaker: 21/9/2015.

Our sincere thanks to the owner for details and photography.

Obadiah Wisdom originally listed by M.S. Dudley Westropp, MRIA. 

Journal Arms & Armour Society, 1957.

Vol.11. No 1.

We are always pleased to to know of weapons manufactured by this gunmaker.

Dave Stroud ramrodantiques.co.uk

Clare County: 1843 Registration Act.

The Irish Registration Act of 1843

                          Schedule B.,6&7 Vic.,Cap.74,Sec 3.
                                    Licence to Keep Arms.

                                          County Clare.

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 Clare between 1843-1846.
Listed are the county prefix, licence number, description of weapon/s and where possible the maker/retailer.

CL 28	Flk Brass Barrelled Blunderbuss.	Mrs Mills
CL 318/319	Flk Brass Barrelled Blunderbuss Pistols with Bayonet.	Nicholson
CL 718	Flk Officers Pistol. C 1810. W&W auction 19/03/2013.
CL 897	Flk Overcoat Pistol. French Cocks	Turner
CL 1052	Flk E.I.C. Brownbess	Henshaw
CL 1198	Perc' All Steel Pocket Pistol	W&J Rigby
CL 1444	Flk Overcoat Pistol.	Wogdon
CL 1663	12 bore Percussion Holster Pistol. Conversion.	Carter
CL 1871	Baker Rifle
CL2090/2091	Pair Flk Duelling Pistols	T. Fowler
CL 2094/2095	Perc' Side Hammer Pocket Pistols. In the Irish Style.	Boyd
CL 2660	Flk Carbine	W&J Rigby
CL 3283	Perc' 28 bore Travelling Pistol.

Flintlock blunderbuss by Mills Limerick. Registered in County Clare , CL 28. 

Photography courtesy Mr Rex Pope.

We are always pleased to receive information relating to arms registered in County Clare or any of the other 39 areas covered by the 1843 Registration Act.

Dave Stroud.ramrodantiques.co.uk

Wm & Jas Kavanagh.Gun & Pistol Man'

William & James Kavanagh
Gun & Pistol Manufacturers

12 Dame Street

Dublin

                               Wm & Jas Kavanagh trade label for the period 1864-1870.

                   Please refer to previous blogs relating to the Kavanagh family of gunmakers:
                                                                       4/12/2015
                                                                     20/11/2015
                                                                     17/10/2015
                                                                       16/9/2015 

William & James Kavanagh originally listed by M.S. Dudley Westropp, MRIA. 

Journal Arms & Armour Society, 1957.

Vol.11. No 1.

                                                   Dave Stroud. ramrodantiques.co.uk