Hennessy Focus Fund Investor Class (HFCSX) N-14 Registration statement for investment companies business combination

          June 7, 2016 Via EDGAR ATTORNEYS AT LAW   777 EAST WISCONSIN AVENUE MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN  53202-5306 414.271.2400 TEL 414.297.4900  FAX www.foley.com   WRITER’S DIRECT LINE 414.297.5596 pfetzer@foley.com Email   CLIENT/MATTER NUMBER 082961-0138

Securities and Exchange Commission

100 F Street, N.E.

Washington, D.C.  20549

Re: Hennessy Funds Trust

Ladies and Gentlemen:

On behalf of Hennessy Funds Trust, a Delaware statutory trust (the “Company”), we are transmitting for filing a Registration Statement on Form N-14.  The Registration Statement contains a Proxy Statement/Prospectus that provides information about the acquisition (the “Acquisition”) of the assets and liabilities (other than the excluded liabilities) of the Westport Fund and the Westport Select Cap Fund, both series of The Westport Funds, by the Hennessy Cornerstone Mid Cap 30 Fund, a series of the Company.

Please call the undersigned at (414) 297-5596 should you have any questions regarding this filing.

Very truly yours,
/s/ Peter D. Fetzer
Peter D. Fetzer

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