Farrell McDermott.Trade Label

Farrell McDermott
Patent Gun & Pistol Manufactory
1 Abbey Street
Dublin

                   This trade label for the period 1811-1827 was designed and engraved by 
                                                              S. Close, Del & Sculp'.
                                                            (Delineavit & Sculpsit).

We buy original Irish gunmakers trade cards/labels and pay premium prices. NB. We do not buy reproduction trade cards/labels.

                                          Photography courtesy of Michael F. Carrick.

                                               Dave Stroud.ramrodantiques.co.uk

R & G Newman.Cork

R & G Newman. 

Gun & Pistol Manufactory

11 Princes's Street

Cork.

            French Cocked Overcoat/Travelling Pistol by Robert & George Newman c.1820. 
                                       Photography courtesy Hartleys Auctioneers Ilkley.

                                   
                                           Photography courtesy Hartleys Auctioneers Ilkley. 

                                                        Advertisement from 1834



              Please refer to our earlier blogs related to Robert and also Robert & George Newman:-
                                                             5/10/2015 & 8/12/2015.

                                                   Dave Stroud. ramrodantiques.co.uk

Eyland Birch. Gunmaker.

Eyland Birch

Gunmaker

Dublin, Armagh & Belfast?

A pair of flintlock Overcoat/Travelling pistols by Eyland Birch c.1810.

Authors photography. 

The above pistols with french cocks, rollers to frizzen springs, large 

chequering to stocks with inset motifs. The octagonal barrels marked "Birch Armagh"

Eyland Birch dates c.1809-1817.
He first appears in the Dublin trades directory of 1813.

 Last trades directory entry for Birch, 1817

	Birch	Eyland		2 Clarks Court
	Byrne	Mark		4 Clarks Court
	Calderwood	Thomas		14 Earl Street North
	Dempsey	William		12 Swifts Row
	Fowler	Thomas		29 Capel Street
	Gallagher	Henry		207 Gt Britain Street
	Gray	John		46 Moore Street
	Holland	William		20 Bishop Street
	Kavanagh	William		6 Andersons Court. Greek Street
	Mc Dermott	Farrell		1 Abbey Street
	Muley	Daniel		32 Townsend Street
	Murphy	John		190 Gt Britain Street		Gun Barrel manufacturer
	Pattison	John		112 Capel Street. Gun & Pistol Manufacturer
	Rigby	John		19 Suffolk Street
	Truelock	William		10 Little Britain Street
	Turner	George		154 Capel Street

Dates noted by M.S Dudley Westropp being Belfast 1809 & Dublin 1813
Research ongoing.

We are always pleased to see pistols by this gunmaker or any details relevant to him.

Eyland/Eland Birch originally listed by M.S. Dudley Westropp, MRIA. 

Journal Arms & Armour Society, 1957.

Vol.11. No 1.

Dave Stroud ramrodantiques.co.uk

S. McDermott. Dublin & London?

S. McDermott & Sons
Talbot Street
Dublin.

Photography courtesy of Bonhams.

This trade card/label was pasted in a case containing an air cane including all accoutrements. 

To date this company has not been found or listed in any trades directories?

 Research ongoing.

Anybody out there with any information relating to this company?

Dave Stroud. ramrodantiques.co.uk

Cork Borough 1843 Registration Act.

The Irish Registration Act of 1843

  Schedule B.,6&7 Vic.,Cap.74,Sec 3.

                                   Licence to Keep Arms.

                                        Cork Borough.

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 Cork Borough between 1843-1846.

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

CB 32	Flk Overcoat. Pistol. 20 Bore. Converted to Percussion.	Rogers
CB 119	Flk Military Pistol. Brass Mounts. GR
CB 413/414	Pair Top Hat Boxlock Pocket Pistols	E Gill
CB 492	Perc' Pocket Pistol. Replaced hammer. Lock?	Lang & Sons?
CB 570	Flk Overcoat Pistol 0.65" bore	Way
CB 650	Percussion Internal inline striker pistol. Birm'ham Proof. Smith Pat	Smith
CB 662	Flk Brass Barrelled Blunderbuss.	Ryding
CB 802	Flk Sporting Gun. Superimposed 2 shot. Circa 1685	Robert Brooke
CB 821	Flk Holster Pistol..	Whitney
CB 1136	Flk Brass barrelled Blunderbuss.Underslung Bayonet.
CB 1297	Flk Queen Anne Turn Off Pistol. Dated 1781. Silver Mounts.	Ketland & Co
CB 1468/469	Pair of Duellers Converted by R.G.Newman	Stanton
CB 1550	Flk Blunderbuss	R Whitney
CB 1641	Flk Holster Pistol. Silver Mounts	E Dalton
CB 1812	Perc'  Pocket / Derringer Pistol	H.Allport
CB 1846/1847	Pair Perc' Pistols	Trulock & Son
CB 1858/1859	Pair Flk Overcoat Pistols	Bowls
CB 3086/3087	Pair Perc' Saw-Handled. Cased Duellers.	Drury Wilde
	H. Allport of  Cork. Percussion Irish derringer                                                      marked CB- 1812. Cork Borough.                                                             Authors Photography                                 Official House of Commons Returns 8th May 1846. We are always pleased to receive information related to weapons registered in Cork Borough or any of the other 39 designated areas under this Act.          Dave Stroud. ramrodantiques.co.uk

John Walsh. Gun & Barrel Maker.

                                   

                                                             
                                           John Walsh

                                  Gun & Barrel Maker.

                                              Dublin

                                            1831-1865

                                           Walsh backaction lockplate.

                

                                  An extremely good pair of cased backaction lock percussion
                                  travelling pistols by John Walsh with all accoutrements.

                                       Our appreciation to the owner for photography.
                           

John Walsh trades directory entries:-

1831-1834	43 Montgomery Street
1839-1840	45 Montgomery Street
1841	24 Upper Sackville Street
1842-1846	31 Upper Ormond Quay & 45 Montgomery Street
1846-1865	29 Ormond Quay,Upper

              John Walsh listed under Gunmakers as a gun barrel maker in the 1840 directory. 

               In future blogs we will cover other gun barrel makers that served the Dublin guntrade.

                                               Dave Stroud. ramrodantiques.co.uk

                                                        

Wm D. Ryall. Belfast.

William D. Ryall

87 Donegall Street

Belfast

Trades directory entry for c.1910. 

Both Braddell & Hunter are well known within Belfast and have been mentioned in previous blogs. However,  F.Fraser , 39 Albert Street and 
William D. Ryall, 87 Donegall Street are lesser known and imply being retailing agents?

It would be interesting to know of any guns or pistols marked by the two latter noted outlets.

Dave Stroud. ramrodantiques.co.uk