Arms licenses granted to persons in Ireland since Aug. 1832
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Return to an order of the
Honourable The House of Commons
Dated 18th. February 1836,for
A return of the names and residence of each person in Ireland, to whom licenses have been granted to keep arms.
While we humbly certify and return and we humbly certify that we cannot return the names and residences of the magistrates by whom the licenses to keep arms. The names and residences are not entered in the registry, nor is there any documents in the office of the clerk of peace from which such return could be made.
J & R. Craig
Clerk of the Peace, County Down
Barony of Ards
Names of persons to whom Licenses have been granted to keep arms | Residences of persons to whom Licenses have been granted to keep arms | The number and description of arms registered by each |
John Brown | Bangor | One fowling piece |
Hugh Bowden | Portaferry | One single barrelled fowling piece |
John Ennis | Kirkstown | One musket |
William Gowdy | Lougheriescourse | Two guns, one pistol |
Hugh McWhinney | Ballygraney | One musket |
John Miller | Drumhirk | One gun |
Thomas McClements | Ballyholme | One musket |
Thomas McCullough | Bangor | Two fowling pieces |
William Paisley | Drumhirk | One fowling piece |
William Ritchie | Bangor | One fowling piece and one pistol |
Robert Shaw, Jun. | Fishquarter | One single barrelled fowling piece |
Robert Shaw | Kircubben | One double barrelled fowling piece |
Henry Savage | Newtonards | Two guns and one pistol |
Henry Watson | " | One gun |
Henry Wightman | Ballygrot | One fowling piece |
Henry, E. Whitlaw | Newtonards | One gun |
Barony of Dufferin
John Crossan | Ballywoolen | One gun |
Robert Cultragh | Killinchy Woods | Same |
John Downey | ? | Same |
Andrew Donnan | Tullyveery | Same |
Nathaniel Herron | Raffray | One fowling-piece |
Jacob Haslett | Tullymacknows | Same |
John Long | Ballydown | One gun |
Finlay Morrow | Ballyalgin | Same |
Gawn Meloin | Ballymacreely | Same |
Hugh Mahony | Same | Same |
John Moore | Tullymacknows | One gun, one fowling-piece and two pistols |
Cornelius Magreevy | Barnemaghery | One gun |
Daniel Magreevy | Same | Same |
James McDowell | Cluntagh | Two guns |
Robert McDowell | Same | Same |
Hugh McHarry | Ballymacreely | A gun |
William McKee | Tullymacknows | Two guns |
David McKee | Lisnaw | One firelock |
Samuel McCleery | Clay | One gun |
Samuel Osborne | Same | One pistol, one sword and one cimeter |
Robert Patterson | Corporation of Killileagh | One gun |
William Patterson | Killileagh | Same |
James Reid | Ardigon | Same |
Hamilton Ringland | Cluntagh | One blunderbuss |
James Seay | Lisnaw | One gun |
Mathew Wilson | Ballydown | One musket |
Barony of Kinnelarty
James Arnold | Ballymacarn | One gun and one pistol |
James Brown | Same | Two guns two pistols |
James Bleakley | Clough | One gun |
James Bingham | Redemon | Two guns and one pistol |
James Brown | Knocksticken | One gun |
John Bassett | Raleagh | One gun (fowling-piece) |
James Cochran | Drumaghlis | Two guns |
William Cleland | Same | One gun |
Gabriel Cilcock | Drummatticonner | One gun and one pistol |
William Copeland | Same | One gun |
James Cochran | Knocksticken | Same |
John Davison | Drumaness | Two guns and two pistols |
Rev. J. C. Gordon | Seaforde | One double-barrelled gun and a case of pistols |
William Gamble | Clough | One gun |
Hugh Harper | Same | One gun and one pistol |
William Kingan | Ballymacarn | Same |
Arthur Lindsay | Clough | Same |
John Mulholland | Ballynahinch | One gun |
David Mack | Ballymacarn | One gun and one pistol |
James McCormick | Burren | One gun and one bayonet |
William McCully | Ballynahinch | One gun and one pistol |
Daniel McNally | Clough | One gun |
Francis Nixon | Same | Same |
Henry O'Neill | Drumkeera | Same |
Hugh Purdy | Drumaghlis | Same |
James Palmer | Drumgavelin | One gun and one pistol |
John Robb | Magheratinpany | One gun |
James Stott | Burren | One gun and one bayonet |
James Savage | Drumaroad | One gun |
William Tannahill | Ballymaglave | One double-barrelled gun and one single |
James Thompson | Edendariff | One gun |
Robert Thompson | Ballykine | " |
Barony of Lecale
Samuel Alder, clerk | Saul | One gun |
John Bell | Carga | Three guns and two swords |
John Barnet | Strangford | Two guns and two pistols |
William Bean | Downpatrick | One gun |
Andrew Bigham | Lismore | Same |
William Braney | Ross | Same |
William Bower | Downpatrick | Two pistols and one sword |
William Carson | Rathmullan | One gun |
Thomas Coulter | Kilchif | Same |
John Crangle | Ballydonity | Same |
John Connan | Ballykinlar | Same |
Thomas Croskerry | Magheracramnoney | One gun and one pistol |
Edward Corriston | Kilough | One gun |
Robert Casement | Quoile | Two guns |
John Cochran | Downpatrick | One gun |
Thomas Croskerry | Same | One gun and two pistols |
Bernard Carville | Balintogher | One gun |
Patrick Connor | Ballywalter | Same |
Samuel Cumming | Downpatrick | Same |
George Coulter | Same | Same |
James Crawford | Same | Same |
Hugh Croskerry | Same | One gun and one pistol |
Rev. Cornelius Denvir | Same | One fowling-piece and one case of pistols |
William Davis | Same | One gun |
Thomas Edgar | Down Demesne | One gun and one pistol |
William Graham | Ballyplant | Same |
Hugh Gilchriest | Sheepland | Same |
Rev. J.F. Gordon | Downpatrick | One gun and two pistols |
James Hutton | Belles Hill | One gun, one pistol, one sword and one bayonet |
James Hanna, clerk | Ballyregan | One gun |
Adam Hughes | Welchestown | One gun and two pistols |
John Hastings | Downpatrick | Two guns and two pistols |
John Johnston | Ballyviggis | One gun |
James Johnston | Ballee | One gun and one pistol |
William Jordan | Downpatrick | One gun |
Robert Keaghey | Ballyculter | One gun, two pistols and one sword |
William King | Moneycarrah | One gun and one bayonet |
William Keown | Downpatrick | Two pistols |
John Lewis | Ballee | Four guns and one sword |
William Laverty, sen. | One gun and one sword | |
Thomas Loyd | Downpatrick | One gun, one pistol and one sword |
Robert Martin | Ballydugan | One gun |
William Magean | Castlescreen | Same |
Robert Mason | Waterask | Same |
Roger Magenis | Woodgrange | Same |
James Martin | Downpatrick | Same |
James Murnan | Upper Strangford | Same |
Robert Mack | Quoile | Same |
James Merrown | Ballywarren | Same |
Thomas Martin | Ringford | Same |
Daniel Megraw | Tullymurray | One gun and two pistols |
James McMechan | Ballynagross | One gun |
Henry McNamara | Downpatrick | Same |
James McCauley | Same | Two pistols |
William McCoubrey | Same | Three guns and three pistols |
Patrick McMullan | Crew | Two guns and one pistol |
John McClean | Demesne of Down | One gun |
William McKibbin | Ballyplunt | Same |
Hugh McMullan | Ballykilbeg | Same |
William McConn | Killough | One gun, one pistol and one sword |
David McKelvey | Downpatrick | One gun |
William Nesbitt, jun. | Same | Same |
Peter Orr | Ballykeel | Two guns |
William Orr | Kilclief | One gun and one pistol |
William Orr | Welchestown | One gun (musket) and one pistol |
Henry Pillson | Downpatrick | Two guns and two pistols |
Edward Patterson | Same | One gun and two pistols |
James Quail | Same | Same |
William Rowan | Same | Two pistols |
James Rielly | Same | Same |
James Russell | Ballystrew | Two guns, one pistol and one sword |
Samuel Robinson | Magheracramnoney | Two guns and one pistol |
Andrew Ritchie | Ballyhossett | One gun and one pistol |
Patrick Hanaghan | Downpatrick | One gun |
Edward Smith | Ballydugan | Same |
George Saul | Downpatrick | Two guns and two pistols |
Samuel Stewart | Ballyhossett | One gun |
Edward Smith | Downpatrick | One gun and one pistol |
Thomas Shanks | Ballywarren | One gun |
Hunter Shaw | Downpatrick | One gun and two pistols |
Henry Smith | Dunsford | Two guns |
Hugh Stockdale | Castlemaughan | One gun and one pistol |
Henry Smith | Lesinoghan | One gun |
Hugh Turnley | Downpatrick | Two pistols |
John Taylor | Same | One pistol |
William Thompson | Ballyrenan | Two guns, two pistols and three bayonets |
John Torney | Scaddens | Two guns and one pistol |
Hugh Venny | Crawley's Quarter | One gun (a musket) |
John Wilson | Ardglass | Three pistols, three swords |
John White | Ballee | One gun |
George Young | Downpatrick | Two pistols |
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C. McCartney
Clerk
County Down