Firearms
An extensive collection of over 300 hand-guns, pistols and rifles from the 18th to the 20th centuries (listed on Firearms certificate). There is also a large field-gun/cannon, reputed to have seen action in the Williamite Wars, 1690s. During the museum's closure it is proposed that this field gun will be restored and displayed at the Bru na Boi
nne/Battle of the Boyne Heritage Site, Co. Meath.
Image: Mauser
For the 20th century there is a selection of the Mauser and other rifles, reputed to amount to over 25,000, smuggled by Col. Fred Crawford from Germany in April 1914 to arm Ulster Volunteer Force resistance to Home Rule, the Third Home Rule Bill, which would restore a parliament for Ireland in Dublin, having been passed.
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