The Hunt, later de Vere Baronetcy, of Curragh in the County of Limerick, was a title in the Baronetage of Ireland. It was created on 4 December 1784 for Vere Hunt, who subsequently represented Askeaton in the Irish House of Commons.John Burke, A General and Heraldic Dictionary of the Peerage and Baronetage of the British Empire (Volume 1, H. Colburn, 1833), 351.
The 2nd Baronet assumed the surname of de Vere in lieu of his patronymic in 1832. He was a writer whose third son, Aubrey Thomas de Vere, was a renowned poet and critic. He added to the front of the family seat at Curragh Chase, Adare, and designed the landscape of the garden.
The 4th Baronet represented County Limerick in Parliament from 1854 to 1859. The title became extinct on his death in 1904. In 1883 the family estate in co. Limerick was .
Hunt, later de Vere baronets, of Curragh (1784) Sir Vere Hunt, 1st Baronet (1761–1818) Sir Aubrey (Hunt) de Vere, 2nd Baronet (1788–1846) Sir Vere Edmond de Vere, 3rd Baronet (1808–1880) Sir Stephen Edward de Vere, 4th Baronet (1812–1904)
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