Earl of Fingall

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The titles of Baron Killeen and Earl of Fingall were titles in the Peerage of Ireland. The title Baron Fingall was a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. The seat of the title-holders was, from establishment until 1953, Killeen Castle in County Meath, Ireland, and there was an ongoing close relationship with the related Plunkett family of Dunsany.

Around 1426, Christopher Plunkett was created Baron Killeen. The tenth baron, Luke Plunkett, was created Earl of Fingall on 29 September 1628. His first wife was Elizabeth O'Donnell of Tyrconnell, daughter of Rory O'Donnell, 1st Earl of Tyrconnell, brother of Red Hugh O'Donnell. The eighth earl was created Baron Fingall on 20 June 1831.

All three titles became extinct on the death of the twelfth earl in 1984, and are not to be confused with the Prescriptive Barony or Lordship of Fingal originally granted in 1208 by King John of England. See also Fingal.

[edit] Barons Killeen (c.1426)

  • Christopher Plunkett, 1st Baron Killeen (d. 1445)
  • Christopher Plunkett, 2nd Baron Killeen (d. 1462)
  • Christopher Plunkett, 3rd Baron Killeen (1440-c.1469)
  • Edmond Plunkett, 4th Baron Killeen (c.1450-1510)
  • John Plunkett, 5th Baron Killeen (d. 1550)
  • Patrick Plunkett, 6th Baron Killeen (1521-c.1556)
  • Christopher Plunkett, 7th Baron Killeen (d. c.1567)
  • James Plunkett, 8th Baron Killeen (c.1542-1595)
  • Christopher Plunkett, 9th Baron Killeen (1564-1613)
  • Luke Plunkett, 10th Baron Killeen (created Earl of Fingall in 1628)

[edit] Earl of Fingall (1628)

  • Luke Plunkett, 1st Earl of Fingall (1589-1637)
  • Christopher Plunkett, 2nd Earl of Fingall (d. 1649)
  • Luke Plunkett, 3rd Earl of Fingall (1639-c.1684)
  • Peter Plunkett, 4th Earl of Fingall (1678-1718)
  • Justin Plunkett, 5th Earl of Fingall (d. 1734)
  • Robert Plunkett, 6th Earl of Fingall (d. 1738)
  • Arthur James Plunkett, 7th Earl of Fingall (1731-1793)
  • Arthur James Plunkett, 8th Earl of Fingall, 1st Baron Fingall (1759-1836) (created Baron Fingall 1831)
  • Arthur James Plunkett, 9th Earl of Fingall, 2nd Baron Fingall (1791-1869)
  • Arthur James Plunkett, 10th Earl of Fingall, 3rd Baron Fingall (1819-1881)
  • Arthur James Francis Plunkett, 11th Earl of Fingall, 4th Baron Fingall (1859-1929)
  • Oliver James Horace Plunkett, 12th Earl of Fingall, 5th Baron Fingall (1896-1984)

[edit] References

  • History of Killeen Castle, by Mary Rose Carty, published by Carty/Lynch, Dunsany, County Meath, Ireland, April 1991 (ISBN 0-9517382-0-8). This is also history of the Earls of Fingall, and on page 18 refers to Elizabeth O'Donnell as 1st Countess of Fingall (Fingal).
  • Seventy Years Young, Memoires of Elizabeth, Countess of Fingall, by Elizabeth Burke Plunkett, Lady Fingall. First published by Collins of London in 1937; 1991 edition published by The Lilliput Press, Dublin 7, Ireland [ISBN 0 946640 74 2]. This Elizabeth, was a Burke from Moycullen in County Galway, who married the 11th Earl of Fingall, and should not be confused with Elizabeth O'Donnell, 1st Countess of Fingall, previously mentioned.
  • Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page