Plunkett is an
Irish
Irish may refer to:
Common meanings
* Someone or something of, from, or related to:
** Ireland, an island situated off the north-western coast of continental Europe
***Éire, Irish language name for the isle
** Northern Ireland, a constituent unit ...
surname derived from the
Gaelic
Gaelic is an adjective that means "pertaining to the Gaels". As a noun it refers to the group of languages spoken by the Gaels, or to any one of the languages individually. Gaelic languages are spoken in Ireland, Scotland, the Isle of Man, and Ca ...
Ó ''Pluingceid''. It is associated with
Ireland
Ireland ( ; ga, Éire ; Ulster Scots dialect, Ulster-Scots: ) is an island in the Atlantic Ocean, North Atlantic Ocean, in Northwestern Europe, north-western Europe. It is separated from Great Britain to its east by the North Channel (Grea ...
, and possibly of
Norse or
Norman
Norman or Normans may refer to:
Ethnic and cultural identity
* The Normans, a people partly descended from Norse Vikings who settled in the territory of Normandy in France in the 10th and 11th centuries
** People or things connected with the Norm ...
origin; 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
Richard Plunkett (c.1340-1393) was an eminent Irish judge and statesman of the fourteenth century, who held the offices of Lord Chief Justice of Ireland and Lord Chancellor of Ireland. His descendants held the titles Baron Dunsany, Baron Killeen ...
(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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Christopher Plunkett, 1st Baron of Dunsany
Christopher Plunkett, 1st Baron of Dunsany (c. 1410 – 1462) was an Anglo-Irish peer. He was the second son of Christopher Plunkett, 1st Baron Killeen.
Family background and early life
The elder Christopher Plunkett ( Baron Killeen) of Rath ...
(1410–1463) and uncle of the 1st Baron of Killeen
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Thomas Fitz-Christopher Plunket (c.1407-1471), Lord Chief Justice of Ireland, brother of the 1st Baron of Dunsany and uncle of the 1st Baron of Killeen
* Sir
Thomas Plunket
Thomas Plunket (1785–1839) was an Irish soldier in the British Army's 95th Rifles regiment. He served throughout the Peninsular War and later in the Waterloo Campaign of 1815. He is remembered for killing a French general during the Peninsular ...
(1440 - 1519), Chief Justice of the Common Pleas for Ireland, nephew of the 1st Baron of Dunsany and 1st cousin of the 1st Baron of Killeen
* Sir
Horace Curzon Plunkett
Sir Horace Curzon Plunkett (24 October 1854 – 26 March 1932), was an Anglo-Irish agricultural reformer, pioneer of agricultural cooperatives, Unionist MP, supporter of Home Rule, Irish Senator and author.
Plunkett, a younger brother of Jo ...
(1854–1932), Irish unionist and agricultural reformer, son of the 16th Baron of Dunsany
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John William Plunkett, 17th Baron of Dunsany
John William Plunkett, 17th Baron of Dunsany (31 August 1853 – 16 January 1899) was an Anglo-Irish Conservative politician and peer.
Early life and career
Plunkett was the second son of Edward Plunkett, 16th Baron of Dunsany (1808–1889), and ...
(1853–1899)
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Reginald Plunkett
Admiral Sir Reginald Aylmer Ranfurly Plunkett-Ernle-Erle-Drax, KCB, DSO, JP, DL ( Plunkett; 28 August 1880 – 16 October 1967), commonly known as Reginald Plunkett or Reginald Drax, was an Anglo-Irish admiral. The younger son of the 17th Ba ...
(1880–1967), a British admiral, sometimes called Reginald Aylmer Ranfurly Plunkett-Ernle-Erle-Drax or Reginald Drax, son of the 17th Baron of Dunsany
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Edward Plunkett, 18th Baron of Dunsany
Edward John Moreton Drax Plunkett, 18th Baron of Dunsany (; 24 July 1878 – 25 October 1957, usually Lord Dunsany) was an Anglo-Irish writer and dramatist. Over 90 volumes of fiction, essays, poems and plays appeared in his lifetime.Lanham, ...
(1878–1957), an Anglo-Irish writer. His pen name was Lord Dunsany
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Edward John Carlos Plunkett, 20th Baron of Dunsany (1939–2011)
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Randal Plunkett, 21st Baron of Dunsany
Randal Plunkett, 21st Baron of Dunsany (born 9 March 1983), is an Irish film director, producer and editor, as well as a landowner and holder of one of the oldest surviving Irish peerage titles, and one of the longest-inhabited houses in Ireland ...
(1983-)
Killeen and Fingall family
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Christopher Plunket, 1st Baron Killeen
Christopher is the English version of a Europe-wide name derived from the Greek name Χριστόφορος (''Christophoros'' or '' Christoforos''). The constituent parts are Χριστός (''Christós''), "Christ" or "Anointed", and φέρει ...
(d. 1445)
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Luke Plunkett,
10th Baron Killeen, 1st
Earl of Fingall
Earl of Fingall and Baron Fingall were titles in the Peerage of Ireland. Baron Fingall was a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. The seat of the title-holders was, from its establishment until 1953, Killeen Castle in County Meath, Irelan ...
(d. 1637)
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Christopher Plunkett, 2nd Earl of Fingall
Christopher Plunket, 2nd Earl of Fingall and 11th Baron Killeen (died 1649) was an Irish politician and soldier. In 1641 he negotiated with the rebels on behalf of the Old English of the Pale and pushed them to join the rebellion. He fought fo ...
(d. 1649)
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Arthur James Plunkett, 8th Earl of Fingall (1759–1836)
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Arthur James Plunkett, 9th Earl of Fingall
Arthur James Plunkett, 9th Earl of Fingall KP PC (I) (29 March 1791 – 21 April 1869) was an Irish peer, styled Lord Killeen from 1797 to 1836. He became Earl of Fingall in 1836 on the death of his father the 8th Earl and was appointed a Knig ...
(1791–1869)
* Saint
Oliver Plunkett
Oliver Plunkett (or Oliver Plunket) ( ga, Oilibhéar Pluincéid), (1 November 1625 – 1 July 1681) was the Catholic Archbishop of Armagh and Primate of All Ireland who was the last victim of the Popish Plot. He was beatified in 1920 an ...
(1625–1681), Roman Catholic Archbishop of Armagh and martyr, 1st cousin of
Luke Plunkett
* Sir
Nicholas Plunkett
Sir Nicholas Plunkett (1602–1680) was an Anglo-Irish lawyer and politician. He was a younger son of Christopher Plunkett, 9th Baron Killeen and Jane (or Genet) Dillon, daughter of Sir Lucas Dillon: his brother Luke was created Earl of Fingal ...
(1602–1680), Irish confederate
* Sir
Francis Richard Plunkett
Sir Francis Richard Plunkett (3 February 1835 – 28 February 1907) was an Anglo-Irish diplomat.
Early life
Plunkett was born at Corbalton Hall in County Meath, Ireland. He was the youngest son of Arthur Plunkett, 9th Earl of Fingall and Louis ...
(1835–1907), British diplomat
Family of George Noble Plunkett
Distant cousins of the families of Dunsany, Killeen, and Fingall
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George Noble Plunkett
George Noble Plunkett (3 December 1851 – 12 March 1948) was an Irish nationalist politician, museum director and biographer, who served as Minister for Fine Arts from 1921 to 1922, Minister for Foreign Affairs from 1919 to 1921 and Ceann Comh ...
(1851–1948), Irish republican and
papal
The pope ( la, papa, from el, πάππας, translit=pappas, 'father'), also known as supreme pontiff ( or ), Roman pontiff () or sovereign pontiff, is the bishop of Rome (or historically the patriarch of Rome), head of the worldwide Cathol ...
count
Count (feminine: countess) is a historical title of nobility in certain European countries, varying in relative status, generally of middling rank in the hierarchy of nobility. Pine, L. G. ''Titles: How the King Became His Majesty''. New York: ...
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Joseph Mary Plunkett
Joseph Mary Plunkett (Irish: ''Seosamh Máire Pluincéid''; 21 November 1887 – 4 May 1916) was an Irish nationalist, republican, poet, journalist, revolutionary and a leader of the 1916 Easter Rising. Joseph Mary Plunkett married Grace Giffo ...
(1887–1916), Irish republican, son of George Noble Plunkett
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Geraldine "Gerry" (Plunkett) Dillon (1891-1986), daughter of George Noble Plunkett
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George Oliver Plunkett
George Oliver Plunkett (; 5 July 1894 – 21 January 1944), known to his contemporaries as Seoirse Plunkett,p94, Ernie O'Malley, ''The Singing Flame'', Anvil Books Limited, 1978 was a militant Irish republican. He was sentenced to death with hi ...
(1894–1944), Irish republican, son of George Noble Plunkett
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Fiona Plunkett
Fiona Plunkett 11 January 1896 – 12 July 1977 was an Irish republican involved in the organisation of the Easter 1916 Rising and a leading member of Cumann na mBan.
Early and personal life
Fiona Plunkett, born Josephine Plunkett on 11 Janu ...
(1896 - 1977), daughter of George Noble Plunkett
Family of Lord Plunket
A title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
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William Conyngham Plunket, 1st Baron Plunket
William Conyngham Plunket, 1st Baron Plunket, PC (Ire), QC (1 July 1764 – 5 January 1854) was an Irish politician and lawyer. After gaining public notoriety as the prosecutor in the treason trial of Robert Emmet in 1803, he rose rapidly in g ...
(1764–1854), Lord Chancellor of Ireland, Whig MP for Dublin University
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Thomas Span Plunket, 2nd Baron Plunket
Thomas Span Plunket, 2nd Baron Plunket (1792–1866), was Church of Ireland Diocese of Tuam, Killala and Achonry, Bishop of Tuam, Killaly and Achonry.
Plunket was the first son of William Plunket, 1st Baron Plunket and his wife, Catherine (née M ...
(1792–1866), Bishop of Tuam, Killala and Achon
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John Span Plunket, 3rd Baron Plunket
John Span Plunket, 3rd Baron Plunket of Newtown, County Cork (10 July 1793 – 16 April 1871) was an Irish peer and Queen's Counsel. He was the second son of William Plunket, 1st Baron Plunket, and Catherine MacAusland. He succeeded his brother Th ...
QC (1793–1871)
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Katherine Plunket
Katherine Plunket (born as Catherine Plunket; 22 November 182014 October 1932) was an Anglo Irish aristocrat and artist from Ballymascanlan, County Louth, a prolific Botanical illustrator and painter. and the oldest person ever to be born an ...
(1820–1932),
the oldest person ever to be born and die in Ireland, daughter of Thomas Span Plunket
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Frederica Louise Edith Plunket (1838 - 1886), daughter of Thomas Span Plunket
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William Conyngham Plunket, 4th Baron Plunket (1828–1897), Church of Ireland Bishop of Meath and later Archbishop of Dublin
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David Plunket, 1st Baron Rathmore
David Robert Plunket, 1st Baron Rathmore PC, QC (3 December 1838 – 22 August 1919) was an Irish lawyer and Conservative politician.
Background and education
Plunket was the third son of John Plunket, 3rd Baron Plunket, second son of Willi ...
QC (1838–1919), Conservative MP for Dublin University, son of John Span Plunket
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William Lee Plunket, 5th Baron Plunket
William Lee Plunket, 5th Baron Plunket (19 December 1864 – 24 January 1920) was a British diplomat and administrator. He was Governor of New Zealand from 1904 to 1910.
Early life
Born in Dublin, he was educated at Harrow and Trinity Coll ...
(1864–1920), Governor General of New Zealand
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Terence Conyngham Plunket, 6th Baron Plunket (1899–1938)
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Patrick Terence William Span Plunket, 7th Baron Plunket
Patrick Terence William Span Plunket, 7th Baron Plunket, (8 September 1923 – 28 May 1975), was Equerry to Queen Elizabeth II and Deputy Master of the Household of the Royal Household (1954–1975).
Lord Plunket was born into an old Anglo-Iri ...
(1923–1975), Equerry to King George IV and later Deputy Master of the Household to Queen Elizabeth II
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Robin Rathmore Plunket, 8th Baron Plunket (1925–2013), supporter and advocate of Zimbabwean Independence and racial harmony
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Tyrone Shaun Terence Plunket, 9th Baron Plunket
Tyrone may refer to:
* Kingdom of Tyrone or Tír Eoghain, a kingdom of Gaelic Ireland
* County Tyrone, a county in Northern Ireland
* Earl of Tyrone, a title in the Peerage of Ireland
* Tyrone (name), a male given name
Places Canada
* Tyrone, On ...
(born 1966), Page of Honour to HM Queen Elizabeth II
Baron Louth family
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Oliver Plunkett
Oliver Plunkett (or Oliver Plunket) ( ga, Oilibhéar Pluincéid), (1 November 1625 – 1 July 1681) was the Catholic Archbishop of Armagh and Primate of All Ireland who was the last victim of the Popish Plot. He was beatified in 1920 an ...
, 1st
Baron Louth
Baron Louth is a title in the Peerage of Ireland. It has been created twice.
History
The title was created firstly c. 1458 for Sir Thomas Bathe, later Chief Baron of the Irish Exchequer. Although he had at least one son, John Bathe of Ardee, the ...
(second creation) (d. 1555)
Others
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Adam Plunkett
Adam Gordon T. B. Plunkett (16 March 1903 – 1992) was a Scottish professional footballer who played in the Football League for Walsall, Coventry City, Rochdale and Queens Park Rangers
Queens Park Rangers Football Club, commonly abbrevi ...
(1903–1992), Scottish footballer
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Catherine Plunkett (born c 1725), eighteenth century Irish violinist
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Charles Peshall Plunkett
Rear Admiral Charles Peshall Plunkett (15 February 1864 – 24 March 1931) was an officer of the United States Navy who served in the Spanish–American War and World War I.
Biography
Plunkett was born in Washington, D.C., and was appointed to ...
(1864–1931), US rear admiral
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George Thomas Plunkett, Bishop of Elphin from 1814 to 1827
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George Washington Plunkitt
George Washington Plunkitt (November 17, 1842 – November 19, 1924) was an American politician from New York State, who served in both houses of the New York State Legislature. He was a leader of the Tammany Hall political organization, a veheme ...
(1842–1924), a New York state senator
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Jim Plunkett
James William Plunkett (born December 5, 1947) is a former American football quarterback who played in the National Football League (NFL) for sixteen seasons. He achieved his greatest professional success during his final eight seasons with the ...
, an NFL quarterback
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James Plunkett
James Plunkett Kelly, or James Plunkett (21 May 1920 – 28 May 2003), was an Irish writer. He was educated at Synge Street CBS.
Kelly grew up among the Dublin working class and they, along with the petty bourgeoisie and lower intelligentsia, ...
, pen name of James Plunkett Kelly (1920–2003), an Irish writer
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John Plunket (1664–1738), an Irish Jacobite
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John Plunkett
John Hubert Plunkett (June 1802 – 9 May 1869) was Attorney-General of New South Wales, an appointed member of the New South Wales Legislative Council, Legislative Council 1836–41, 1843–56, 1857–58 and 1861–69. He was also elected ...
, (1802-1869), Attorney-General of New South Wales
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Liam Plunkett, an English cricketer
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Oliver Plunkett (1884 – 1971) was Chief Justice of Saint Lucia and later a British judge in Palestine and Egypt,
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Paul Edward Plunkett (1935–2018), American judge
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Peg Plunkett (1727–1797) was a brothel keeper in Dublin
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Richard Plunkett
Richard Plunkett (c.1340-1393) was an eminent Irish judge and statesman of the fourteenth century, who held the offices of Lord Chief Justice of Ireland and Lord Chancellor of Ireland. His descendants held the titles Baron Dunsany, Baron Killeen ...
(1788–1832), Beadle or night-constable of Whitechapel, London
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Robert Plunkett (d. 1815), President of Georgetown University
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Roy J. Plunkett
Roy J. Plunkett (June 26, 1910 – May 12, 1994) was an American chemist. He discovered polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE), better known as Teflon, in 1938.
Personal life and education
Plunkett was born in New Carlisle, Ohio and attended Newton Hig ...
(1910–1994), inventor of Teflon
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Sean Plunket
Oliver Sean Plunket (known professionally as Sean Plunket) is a New Zealand broadcast journalist. Plunket has worked for several New Zealand broadcast media companies and stations including Radio Windy, Independent Radio News, Radio New Zealand, ...
, New Zealand broadcast journalist
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Steve Plunkett
Autograph is an American glam metal band formed in Pasadena, California, in 1983. The band is best known for their 1984 hit song " Turn Up the Radio". Due to the song being their only major success, Autograph is often considered a one-hit wo ...
, singer, guitarist and songwriter for the 1980s band Autograph
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Thomas Plunket
Thomas Plunket (1785–1839) was an Irish soldier in the British Army's 95th Rifles regiment. He served throughout the Peninsular War and later in the Waterloo Campaign of 1815. He is remembered for killing a French general during the Peninsular ...
, an Irish rifleman in the British 95th Regiment of Foot circa 1809
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Thomas Plunkett (1840 - 1913), Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly
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Thomas Plunkett (1841–1885), a United States Army Sergeant, who was awarded the Medal of Honor for his actions at the Battle of Fredericksburg
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Thomas Flood "Tom" Plunkett (1878 - 1957), Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly
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Walter Plunkett
Walter Plunkett (June 5, 1902 in Oakland, California – March 8, 1982) was a prolific costume designer who worked on more than 150 projects throughout his career in the Hollywood (film industry), Hollywood film industry.
Born in Oakland, Ca ...
(1902–1982), an Academy Award-winning costume designer
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William Plunkett, an 18th-century highwayman in England and possibly later a colonel and magistrate in Pennsylvania
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William C. Plunkett
William Caldwell Plunkett (October 23, 1799 – January 19, 1884) was an American politician who served as the 20th Lieutenant Governor for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts from 1854 to 1855. In 1853 he was a delegate to the state Constitutio ...
(1799–1884), Lieutenant Governor for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts from 1854 to 1855
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Royal New Zealand Plunket Society
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Plunkett, Queensland, a neighbourhood in Australia
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Plunkett railway station
Plunkett is an Irish surname derived from the Gaelic Ó ''Pluingceid''. It is associated with Ireland, and possibly of Norse or Norman origin; it may be spelled O'Plunket, Plunket, Plunkit, Plunkitt, Plonkit, Plonkitt, Plonket, Plonkett, or Ó Plu ...
, in Plunkett, Queensland
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Plunket Shield
New Zealand has had a domestic first-class cricket championship since the 1906–07 season. Since the 2009–10 season it has been known by its original name of the Plunket Shield.
History
The Plunket Shield competition was instigated in Octob ...
, the original New Zealand first-class cricket championship
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Plunket shark or dogfish ''Centroscymnus plunketi'' or ''Proscymnodon plunketi''
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Plunkett, Saskatchewan
Plunkett ( 2021 population: ) is a special service area in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan within the Rural Municipality of Viscount No. 341 and Census Division No. 11. It held village status between 1921 and 2022.
History
Plunkett in ...
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Plunketts Creek (disambiguation), multiple uses
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Plunkett & Macleane
''Plunkett & Macleane'' is a 1999 British historical action comedy film directed by Jake Scott, and starring Robert Carlyle, Jonny Lee Miller and Liv Tyler. Gary Oldman was executive producer.
The story was co-written by Neal Purvis and Robert ...
, 1999 film
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USS Plunkett (DD-431)
USS ''Plunkett'' (DD-431), a , is the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for Rear Admiral Charles Peshall Plunkett.
''Plunkett'' was laid down on 1 March 1939 by the Federal Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co., Kearny, New Jersey and ...
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Waterford railway station
Waterford railway station (Plunkett Station, ga, Phort Láirge Stáisiún Phluincéid) serves the city of Waterford
"Waterford remains the untaken city"
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, in
Waterford
"Waterford remains the untaken city"
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County Waterford
County Waterford ( ga, Contae Phort Láirge) is a Counties of Ireland, county in Republic of Ireland, Ireland. It is in the Provinces of Ireland, province of Munster and is part of the South-East Region, Ireland, South-East Region. It is named ...
,
Ireland
Ireland ( ; ga, Éire ; Ulster Scots dialect, Ulster-Scots: ) is an island in the Atlantic Ocean, North Atlantic Ocean, in Northwestern Europe, north-western Europe. It is separated from Great Britain to its east by the North Channel (Grea ...
. Named "Plunkett Station" since 1966
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