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Plunkett

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Plunkett is an Irish surname derived from the Gaelic Ó Pluingceid. It is associated with Ireland, and possibly of Norse or Norman origin;[1] it may be spelled O'Plunket, Plunket, Plunkit, Plunkitt, Plonkit, Plonkitt, Plonket, Plonkett, or Ó Plunceid, and may refer to:

Middle Ages

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  • Richard Plunkett (1340–1393), Lord Chancellor of Ireland, ancestor of the Barons of Dunsany, Barons of Killeen, and Earls of Fingall

Dunsany family

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Killeen and Fingall family

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Family of George Noble Plunkett

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Distant cousins of the families of Dunsany, Killeen, and Fingall

Family of Baron Plunket

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A title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom

Baron Louth family

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Others

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ Possibly an Anglicization of the Norman-French surnames Planquette, Planquet, Plonquette, or Plonquet.
  2. ^ https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0687701/?ref_=fn_al_nm_1 [user-generated source]
  3. ^ "Waterford (Plunkett)".