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Gun

• References:
  • GUN of Rattoo, on p.513 of [Burkes LG, 1847]. See column 1 and column 2.
  • GUN of Rattoo, on pp.284-285 of [Burkes Irish, 1912].

  • "Notes on Kilmoe in Desmond", Mary Agnes Hickson, Kerry Evening Post, 7 Nov and 25 Nov 1896, [NLI] microfilm.

• Sources yet to be consulted:
  • GUN on p.59 of [Smith, 1756].

William Gun,
of Rattoo, Co.Kerry.
He mar Elizabeth Waller.
In 1669, Gun acquired Rattoo (the old Stoughton estate).
The Gun family built the old Rattoo House (now vanished).
William and Elizabeth had issue:

1. William Gun,
   mar 1694 to Catherine Townsend,
   had issue:
   1. Townsend Gun,
      of Rattoo, Co.Kerry.

   2. Francis Gun,
      had issue:
      1. Capt. William Gun,
         mar Margaret Blennerhassett [born 1721],
         had issue:
         1. Elizabeth Gun,
            mar John Henry FitzGerald and had issue.

   
   

2. George Gun,
   of Kilmorna and Gunsborough,
   mar Sarah Connor [descendant of Edward III] and had issue:
   1. John Gun, mar Martha Collis.

   2. George Gun, had issue:
      1. George Gun,
         of Ballybunion, Co.Kerry,
         his dau's marriage describes him as of "Litter, Co.Kerry",
         mar 1774 to Arabella Denny [descendant of Edward III] and had issue:
         1. Jane Joice Gun,
            mar 1stly, 1812, to Capt. Robert Cashell and had issue,
            mar 2ndly to William Hikeman.

   3. Sarah Gun, mar 1734 to Arthur Blennerhassett and had issue.

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• Gun family tree by Peter Barns-Graham