Gaultier, as stated above, was a settlement of Vikings expelled from Waterford city. They established a "Cantred of the Danes" or "
Ostmanstowns of Waterford" in 1384. After the
Cromwellian conquest of Ireland, Gaultier was granted to the Lymbery family, and they were for generations landlords and
Church of Ireland clergymen in the region. Other important families were Anthony, Brunnock, Comerford, Everard, Grant, Jackson, Mandeville, Sherlock, Wadding and Wyse. The barony was established by 1672. It gives its name to
Gaultier GAA, a
Gaelic football club established in 1927 and based in
Dunmore East. ==List of settlements==