County Dublin. Irish Registration Act 1843.

The Irish Registration Act of 1843

  Schedule B.,6&7 Vic.,Cap.74,Sec 3.

Licence to Keep Arms.

                                          County Dublin

                  

                                                

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 Dublin between 1843-1846.

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

DU 225	Flk Converted to Caplock. D/B Shotgun		Jos Manton
DU 310		Flk Pistol	J.Rigby
DU 374/375		Cased Pair Perc' Officers Pistols	Webb
DU 391		Converted Steel Barrelled Blunderbuss.	Mc Cormick
DU 407		Perc' Pocket Pistol. Fish Tail Stock.	Spencer
DU 454		Cased D/B Turnover Pistol	W&J Rigby
DU 495/496		Pair Cannon Barrelled Pistols
DU 495/496		Pair Silver Mounted Duelling Pistols	Alley
DU 563/564		Pair 28 bore Flk Pistols	Fowler/Manton
DU 609		Flk Brass Barrelled Blunderbuss. .	D. Muley
DU 700/701		40 bore Back action Pistols	Holland
DU 711		Flk Pistol converted to Percussion
DU 793		Flk Pocket Pistol	Twigg
DU 854		Flk Brass Barrelled Blunderbuss	Pattison
DU 876		Flk O/U Tap Action Pocket Pistol	Joseph Egg
DU 972		Perc' Turnover Pkt Pistol. 100bore. Keith Neal Sale Oct.2001	Kavanagh
DU 1013		Perc' Breech-loading Blunderbuss Pistol. Claricarde Patent Jan 1832	Wilkinson & Son
DU 1049		Flk Duelling Pistol. Saw Handled Grip.Round barrel. Approx 26 bore	Turner
DU 1096		Perc' 4 Barrelled Pistol.(Rigby Style)	Richardson
DU 1825		16 bore single barrel shotgun	William Kavanagh
DU 1895		Perc' DB Sporting Shotgun.	W & J Rigby
DU 1901		Flk Steel Barrelled Blunderbuss. 14" top folding bayonet.Ring Neck Cock	Trulock
DU 1904/1905		Pair Cased Perc' Boxlock Turnover Pistols. Trade Label.	W. Kavanagh
DU 1932		Flk Steel Barrelled Blunderbuss. Skeleton Stock.	W. Trulock
DU 2093/94/95/96		Pair Cased O/U Cased Perc' Vender Pistols.	W&J Rigby
DU 2243		Flk Pistol. Dublin Castle	Muley
DU 2677		Perc, Six Shot Pepperbox Revolver. 54 Bore.	W & J Rigby
DU 2746/2747		Flk Travelling Pistols.	Trulock
DU 2749		French D/B Holster Pistol
DU2956/2957		Pair Other details N/A..
DU 2966		Cased Pair Steel Pistol. Single or Double	Rigby
DU 3048		Flk Silver Mounted Holster Pistol	Griffin
DU 3198/3199		Pair Flk Duelling Pistols. Drop Down Pans.	John Silk
DU 3291		Flk Carbine	Evans
DU 3293		Flk Pistol	Murphy
DU 3363		38 bore Travelling Pistol	Trulock & Son
DU 3528		Details witheld.	Calderwood
DU 3579/3580		Pair Perc' Travelling Pistols. Cased.	Calderwood
DU 3790		Converted Travelling Pistol.	Goggin
DU 3948		Flk Silver Mounted Holster Pistol. Hall marked 1768. 11" Barrel.	Joseph Griffin
DU 3963		28 bore Flk converted to caplock	Jno Manton
DU 3963		Blunderbuss
DU 3966/3967		32 bore Pair Duelling Pistols. Saw Handled Grips. Cased	John Rigby
DU 3989		Pair Brass Barrelled Perc' Pistols.	M&J Pattison
DU 4030		Flk Brass barrelled Blunderbuss
DU 4125		Flk 16 Bore Sporting Gun	D. Egg
DU 4190		Perc' Brass Barrelled Blunderbuss	Lacy & Co
DU 4287		Flk Brass Barrelled Blunderbuss.	Muley
DU 4388		Flk Holster Pistol. Brass Barrel	S & I Dutton
DU 4391/4392		Pair Flk Duelling Pistols. Half Stocked. 9.5" Barrels. 62 Cheapside.	Clark & Sons
DU 4453		Flk 16 Bore Trav' Pistol. Backstrap Magazine.	Rigby & Son
DU 4458		Flk Brass Barrelled Blunderbuss	Mc Dermott
DU 4458		Flk Brass Barrelled Blunderbuss	Mc Dermott
DU 4461/4462		Pair Percussion Pistols	Dowling
DU 4488		Composite Blunderbuss. Barrel by Clinton.Lock by Trulock.
DU 4493/4494		Pair Flk D/B Travelling Pistols. .6 cal. 6.5"barrels	Knubley
DU 4571		Flk Brass Barrelled Blunderbuss. Swing Bayonet (top) L'pool Mail Coach	Archer
DU 4685		Perc' B/A Overcoat Pistol. 38 Bore. 3" Barrel.Swivel Ramrod.	Newman
DU 4915/4916		The Mantons p.75 & suppliment p.39.
DU 5055		A Cook	Mc Dermott
DU 5071/5072		Pair Percussion Pistols	Mc Dermott
DU 5076		Flk Military Pistol.	Dublin Castle
DU 5111/5112		Pair Flk Duelling Pistols	H.W. Mortimer
DU 5137		Perc' Overcoat/Travelling Pistol	Trulock & Son
DU 5151		Flk Overcoat Pistol	Clarke
DU 5423		Flk Silver Mounted Cannon Barrelled Pistol	Ransford
DU 5424		Flk Silver Mounted Cannon Barrelled Pistol	Ransford
DU 5461/5462		Pair Flk Cannon Barrelled Pistols. Boxlock	M.Collins
DU 5465		Percussion O/U Rotating Hammer Pistol	Trulock.
DU 5634		Converted Drum & Nipple Brass barrelled Blunderbuss. Bayonet/s.rod	Ransford
DU 5817		Flk Brass Barrelled Pistol.	Richards.
DU 5822		16 bore Flk Holster Pistol	Dutton
DU 5847		Flk O/U. Tap Action Boxlock Pistol with Bayonet.	Martin
DU 6112		Converted Brass Barrelled Blunderbuss.
DU 6113		18 bore Sporting Gun.	J Wilkinson
DU 6163		Flk Blunderbuss	Ketland & Co
DU 6466/6467		Pair Perc' Pistols	W&J Rigby & Co
DU 6936/6937		Pair Flk Brass Barrelled Blunderbuss Pistols	Muley
DU 6936/6937		Pair Flk Brass Barrelled Blunderbuss Pistols	Beckwith
DU 7714		Flk Overcoat Pistol.	McDermott
DU 7801/7802		Pair Rifled Target Pistols	Gosset
DU 7803/7804		Pair Backaction Duelling Pistols	W&J Rigby
DU 7840/7841		Flk Duellers. 16" Overall 10" Oct Barrels.	Hutchinson
DU 7899/7900		Pair Sidelock Perc' Travelling Pistols with Bayonets	W & J Rigby
DU 8150		Percussion D/B. O/U. Travelling Pistol	Kavanagh
DU 8354		Percussion Holster Pistol	Rigby
DU 10052		Pair Travelling Pistols	Pattison
DU 10117		Brass Barrel Only
DU 10117		Above Barrel found on composite percussion conversion	Parr/Perry?
DU 10712		Flk Steel Barrelled Blunderbuss. Skeleton Stock.	Trulock

German Silver Framed Percussion Travelling Pistols by Calderwood.

                Octagonal barrels engraved "Dublin" and stamped DU 3579 & DU 3580.

Calderwoods originally listed by M.S. Dudley Westropp, MRIA. 

Journal Arms & Armour Society, 1957.

Vol.11. No 1.

                                              Dave Stroud.  ramrodantiques.co.uk