Lot Essay
Members names are given as follows: Sam Regente, Tom Gerrard, Headfort, Richard Barenwall, Clonnel, H. Coddington, Richard Challoner, M.P. Corbally, Richard Donaldson, J. Donovan, Richard Fetherstonhaugh, Boyne, Robert Fowler, Sam Garnett, J.P. Garnett, S. Garnett Jr., Headfort, C. Hoffman, Houth, M. Hussey, T. Hopkins, Hans Irvine M.D., J. Bourke, T. Keaney, J. Keaney, Gustave Lambert, Mark Leonard, Meredith, F. McNeagh, James Naper, C. Nicholson, J. Pollock, G. Pollock, J.J. Preston, Charles Rocke, T. Fitzherbert, Tom Rothwell, Charles Bourke, Stephen Smith, William Smith, Robert Battersby, Athlunnery, John Taoffe, Thomas Thompson, John Tisdall, James Haller, Sir George Smith, Sam Garnett, Alexander Montgomery, James Corballis, Francis Kelly, Mayo, Patrick Thunder, Sir John Power, de Rouek, T. Connolly, Frank Battersby, J. Bonford, O'Reilly, Captain Sheddon, Richard Despard, Henry Garnett, Frank Graham, O'Reilly of Baltrasna.
The earliest records of fox hunting in County Meath, Ireland date back to 1723 when the wealthy Nicholson family kept fox hounds and financed the hunt. They remained the only private owners of the fox hunting pack in this area up until the beginning of the 19th century when a number of other private packs joined together. By 1817, the Pollock and Gerard families joined the Clongill Hunt to form the Meath Hunt and in doing so expanded the areas of hunting from County Meath to Dublin County. By the middle of the 19th century County Meath became the place to hunt and attracted the nobility and landed gentry of the British Isles.
The earliest records of fox hunting in County Meath, Ireland date back to 1723 when the wealthy Nicholson family kept fox hounds and financed the hunt. They remained the only private owners of the fox hunting pack in this area up until the beginning of the 19th century when a number of other private packs joined together. By 1817, the Pollock and Gerard families joined the Clongill Hunt to form the Meath Hunt and in doing so expanded the areas of hunting from County Meath to Dublin County. By the middle of the 19th century County Meath became the place to hunt and attracted the nobility and landed gentry of the British Isles.