Hunt (Kilshannig)

Thomas Hunt, a Cromwellian soldier, settled in Ireland and his descendants acquired estates in counties Dublin, Kildare, Meath and Wicklow. In 1784 John Hunt married Anne Lombard of Lombardstown, county Cork. Their third son James Hunt lived at Aldworth and Danesfort in the parish of Kilshannig, barony of Duhallow. He was left the Danesfort estate by his uncle Captain Edmund Lombard who died in 1848. At the time of Griffith's Valuation James Hunt held land in the parish of Matehy, barony of East Muskerry. Five members of the Hunt family of Danesfort are listed in the return of Landowners of one acre or more in 1876. Their total acreage amounted to over 4,200 acres in county Cork.

Associated Families

Houses

Name	Townland	Civil Parish	PLU	DED	Barony	County	Map Ref
Aldworth	Aldworth	Kilshannig	Mallow	Kilshannig 248	Duhallow	Cork	OSI Ref: W502 937 OS Sheet: 41 Discovery map: 80
Danesfort	Kilpadder North	Kilshannig	Mallow	Kilshannig 248	Duhallow	Cork	OSI Ref: W518 943 OS Sheet: 41 Discovery map: 80

Archival sources

Lombard Family Papers, deposited by Edward Hunt of Danesfort, Mallow. Acc No 971, PC 140, PC 192; National Library of Ireland
Irish Tourist Association Survey files, Parish of Glantane; Cork County Library

Contemporary printed sources

''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Barony of Duhallow Part II, 7 (Aldworth), 27 (Kilpadder North)
LEWIS, Samuel. ''A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland''. London: S. Lewis & Co., 1837: II, 208 (Allworth)
PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of owners of land of one acre and upwards, in the several counties .... in Ireland''. HC 1876, LXXX: 126
HUSSEY DE BURGH, U. H. ''The Landowners of Ireland. An alphabetical list of the owners of estates of 500 acres or £500 valuation and upwards in Ireland''. Dublin: Hodges, Foster and Figgis, 1878. [available online at www.askaboutireland.ie] : 237

Modern printed sources

HAJBA, Anna-Maria. ''Historical Genealogical Architectural notes on some Houses of Cork. Volume I: North Cork''. Whitegate: Ballinakella Press, 2002: 27
BURKE, Sir Bernard. ''A genealogical and heraldic history of the Landed Gentry of Ireland''. London: Harrison & Sons, 1904: 276-277
NATIONAL LIBRARY OF IRELAND. Reports on Private Collections: Report on the Lombard Papers (from 1419), formerly the property of Mr. L. P. Hunt, Danesfort, Mallow, now in the National Library of Ireland, relating to the Lombard family and to property in Cork City and County. Extensive detail given re 15th-17th century documents. No. 46 & Supplement Report No. 279