At one time I had a yearning for an Irish side by side with my mother's parents both off the boat from Kerry. An Irish or later a Celtic gun has long been on my bucket list.

My hunting lead primarily to Kavanaugh and Rigby. What I found over the years was in terms of guns made in Ireland proper there really was not much out there in the market worth buying. That which was, tended to be well used worn out Boxlocks. All were 12 bore.

I do not know if shotgun production in the 20th century was closed down by laws or market competition from England, or demand changed, but not much here in the USA worth loking at. Rigby left Ireland in 1897 so that maybe an indicator.

I do not know if Belfast made guns are really Birmingham guns finished in Ireland or not.

Maybe some of our UK or Ireland posters could provide more information Irish made Shotguns.

I did find Scottish guns a more useful objective to track. In particular Alex Henry and Alex Martin celtic engraved guns. They are not common but do come on the market from time to time. Currently Champlain has a nice one, but they value more highly than I can afford to.

http://www.champlinarms.com/Default.aspx...&GunID=2936

McKay-Brown also has some beautiful Celtic engraved guns, but out of my market.

The most common Irish made guns I see on the market here in the USA are muzzle loading pistols, not shotguns.

Last edited by old colonel; 05/21/17 09:48 AM.

Michael Dittamo
Topeka, KS