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2 unusual facts about Thomas Plunket, 2nd Baron Plunket


Katherine Plunket

Her father Thomas Plunket, 2nd Baron Plunket (1792–1866), was a junior Church of Ireland clergyman when she was born and later became the Bishop of Tuam, Killala and Achonry.

St. Patrick's College, Tuam

The Bishop, Thomas Plunket, demanded vacant possession of the property, and on Wednesday, 1st June 1859, the sheriff, his bailiffs and a force of police attempted to take vacant possession of the school.


Auguste François-Marie de Colbert-Chabanais

Later the same day, however, at the Battle of Cacabelos, British Rifleman Thomas Plunket, a noted sharpshooter in the 95th Rifles, one of the British units still under effective military discipline, advanced alone towards the French.

Thomas Plunket

The regiment was being inspected by his former commanding officer, General Sir Thomas Sydney Beckwith when the general recognised Plunket and inquired into what had happened to him.

Thomas Plunket, 2nd Baron Plunket

Katherine (1820–1932) - the longest-lived Irish person ever


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