The Dublin 1861 Trades Directory: Gun Smiths.

1861 

Dublin Trades Directory

Advertisement for Ex-W & J Rigby employee Daniel O'Connor.

Known trading dates and addresses for Daniel O'Connor.

O'Connor,Daniel	Dublin	1858-1874	3 King Street North
O'Connor,Daniel	Dublin	1875-1878	12 Parliament Street

                      We are always interested in weapons retailed or manufactured by this gunmaker.

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Licence for Keeping Arms. Antrim.

Licence For Keeping Arms

County Antrim
1799

      The above licence being issued following the Rebellion of 1798. Here described as......
                           "the late insurrection" and dated 15th January 1799.

                   This licence issued for the keeping of three muskets and three bayonets.

We are always interested in material related to the licensing of weapons in Ireland prior to 1900.

                                         Dave Stroud. ramrodantiques.co.uk

The Dublin Guntrade 1870.

The 

Dublin Guntrade 

1870

	Calderwood	James		24 Sackville Street. Upper
	Calderwood & Son			14 Earl Street. N.
	Clarke	William		207 Britain Street Gt
	Dennis	George		Balbriggan
	Dowling	Henry		67 Dame Street
	French	Albert		24 Lincoln Place
	Harris	George		67 Bride Street
	Kavanagh	Wm & Jas		12 Dame Street
	O'Brien	Robert		11 Charlemont Street
	O'Connor	Daniel		3 King Street. N.
	Parkinson	John		17 Arran Quay.
	Richards	Oliver		21 Ship Street . Gt
	Rigby	John & Co		24 Suffolk Street
	Trulock & Harriss			9 Dawson Street
	Trulock Bros			32 Essex Quay
	Wilson	James		92 Capel Street

                                   

                            

                               A trade label for John Rigby & Co.. for the above period

                             The London branch having been opened for a period of 4 years.

                              

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Dublin Trades Directory 1880

Dublin

Gunmakers

1880

The Dublin trades directory entries for gunmakers 1880 

Calderwood & Son			14 Earl Street N.
Harris	George		67 Bride Street
Kavanagh	William..		12 Dame Street
Mc Kenna	John.		3 Essex Quay
O'Brien	Robert		11 Charlemont Street
Orr	James		Bray
O'Sullivan	William .D		11 Russell Place.
Parkinson	James		17 Arran Quay
Rigby	John&Co		24 Suffolk Street
Trulock & Harris			9 Dawson Street
Trulock Bros			13 Parliament Street
Weekes	Charles & Co		27 Essex Quay

                                   A copy of a John Rigby & Co., London trade label for this period stating;                                                                     "And at 24 Suffolk Street,Dublin". 

                                     The London branch was opened in 1866 and remained in business                                                                   following the closure of the Dublin company in 1898.

                                   We are always pleased to receive information related to this company.

                                                                Dave Stroud. ramrodantiques.co.uk

John Neill:Belfast.

John Neill
Gunmaker
Belfast

A Six Shot Pepperbox revolver with London proofed barrel cluster.

German silver integral nipple shield and action. Steel bar hammer.

Retailed by John Neill, Belfast ( ex Purdey).

This pistol highlighting the London connection with John Neill.

Backstrap engraved "Neill Belfast" 

See our "older post" for this gunmaker dated 19/11/2015 

Dave Stroud. ramrodantiques.co.uk

1843 Registration Act. Continental Weapons.

The Irish Registration Act of 1843

  Schedule B.,6&7 Vic.,Cap.74,Sec 3.

Licence to Keep Arms.

                                        

 Survey

1843-1846
 Continental Weapons.

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 continental weapons found registered  between 1843-1846.

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

1843 Registration.	Description of weapon.	Maker	City/Town
DL 614	24 Bore Pistol	Gabbitas
DN 28	Flintlock Wall Gun.		Liege
DU 7801/7802	Rifled Target Pistols. Percussion	Gosset	Paris
EC 1273	Flintlock Repeating Pistol.	Lorenzoni	Florence
EC 2210		Bouriec	Bordeaux
EC 792	Percussion Pistol	Bachman
KE 492	Silver Mounted Flintlock Pistol	Lorenzoni	Florence
LH 1196	D/B Shotgun.	A.V. Lebeda	Prague
LH 323	Russian Flintlock Carbine		Potsdamma
LY 539	Flintlock D/B Pistol	Henri Petitjean	Liege
MN 6649	Converted Holster Pistol	Claude Micquex	Liege
ST 787	Flintlock Holster Pistol	C. Niquet	Liege

MA 1005                Flintlock 10 Bore Musket                                         Sweden
DL 2234                 Flintlock Sword/Pistol.              c.1650                    Holland

Of the weapons thus far listed in this survey it can be seen that the foreign made arms within Ireland during and leading up to the Act were a very small proportion of the weapons in circulation. As a percentage of the weapons found they make up less than one percent of the total. As detailed in our "older posts" the indigenous gunmakers were producing seventy five percent of the
weapons in use and the balance being supplied by English gunmakers.

             We are always interested in foreign weapons registered under the 1843 Act.

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Braddell & Son. The Empire Cartridge.

Braddell & Son

Gunmakers

Belfast.

                             Sketch courtesy of The United Kingdom Cartridge Club.

We are always interested in shotgun cartridges retailed or manufactured by Irish gunmakers.

                                              Dave Stroud. ramrodantiques.co.uk