Hunt (Co Galway)
The Hunt estate was centred on the house at Ballymantan, near Gort, in the mid-19th century. Edmund L. Hunt is recorded in the OS Name Books as agent for Richard Gregory of Coole in the 1830s. Burke's ''Landed Gentry'' records Edmund Lombard of Ballynamantan and of Headford, county Galway. They were descended from a Warwickshire family and connected with the Hunt family of Danesfort, county Cork.
Associated Families
Houses
| Name | Townland | Civil Parish | PLU | DED | Barony | County | Map Ref | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ballymantan/Ballynamantan | Ballynamantan | Kiltartan | Gort | Kiltartan 101 | Kiltartan | Galway |
OSI Ref: M452043
OS Sheet: 122/123 Discovery map: 52 |
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Contemporary printed sources
- ''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Gort Union, 54
- LEWIS, Samuel. ''A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland''. London: S. Lewis & Co., 1837: Vol II, 211.
- ORDNANCE SURVEY NAME BOOKS, County Galway, http://places.galwaylibrary.ie/default.html: Ardrahan Parish