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Luke Plunket
Earl of Fingall
Tenure 1649–1684
Predecessor Christopher, 2nd Earl of Fingall
Successor Peter, 4th Earl of Fingall
Born 1639
Died 1684
Spouse(s) Margaret MacCarthy
Issue
Detail
Peter, & others
Father Christopher, 2nd Earl of Fingall
Mother Mabel Barnewall

Luke Plunket, 3rd Earl of Fingall (1639–1684) was an Irish soldier and politician. He was one of the signatories of the Catholic Remonstrance of 1661.

Birth and origins

Luke was born in 1639 in Ireland. He was the eldest son of Christopher Plunket and his wife Mabel Barnewall. His father was the 2nd Earl of Fingall (since 1637). As the eldest son, Luke held from birth on the courtesy title of Baron of Killeen. His father's family was Old English and attested in Ireland since the 11th century.

Luke's mother was the daughter of Nicholas Barnewall, 1st viscount Kingsland, and Lady Bridget FitzGerald. His parents had married in January 1636. Lucas had four brothers and one sister, who are listed in his father's article.

Family tree
Luke Plunkett with his wife, parents, and other selected relatives.
Elizabeth
FitzGerald
Luke
1st Earl

d. 1637
Susanna
Brabazon

d. 1623
Charles
1st Viscount
Muskerry

d. 1641
Christopher
2nd Earl

d. 1649
Mabel
Barnewall
Donough
1st Earl
Clancarty

1594–1665
Eleanor
Butler

1612–1682
Walter
of
Garryricken

d. 1700
Mary
Plunket
Luke
3rd Earl
1639–1684
Margaret
MacCarthy

d. 1704
Thomas
of
Garryricken

d. 1738
Colonel
Margaret
Magennis

1673–1744
Peter
4th Earl
1678–1718
Frances
Hales
John
de jure
15th Earl
Ormond

d. 1766
Justin
5th Earl
d. 1734
Legend
XXX Subject of
the article
XXX Earls of
Fingall
XXX Viscounts Muskerry,
& Earls of Clancarty
XXX Earls of
Ormond

Early life

His father fought for the insurgents in the Irish Rebellion of 1641 and the Irish Confederate Wars. After the dissolution of the Irish Catholic Confederation in 1649, he continued his fight in the Royalist Alliance against the Parliamentarians during the Cromwellian Conquest. On 2 August 1649 his father fought under James Butler, 1st Duke of Ormond at the Battle of Rathmines for the Royalist alliance against the Parliamentarians. He was wounded and taken prisoner by the Parliamentarians. He died two weeks later of his wounds while in captivity at Dublin Castle.

Killeen succeeded his father as 3rd Earl of Fingall in August 1649 at the age of about ten. His father's estates were forfeited by the Parliamentarians.

Marriage and children

Some time before 1666, Fingall married Margaret MacCarty, second daughter of Donough MacCarthy, 1st Earl of Clancarty and Eleanor Butler.

Luke and Margaret had three sons (of which the elder two died young and are not known by name):

  1. Peter (1678–1718), his successor

—and three daughters:

  1. Elizabeth, married to Rowland Eyre, Esq., of Hassop, Derbyshire, and of Estwell in Staffordshire
  2. Helena, married first in 1681 to Sir FitzGerald Aylmer, Baronet, of Donadea in County Kildare and secondly to Michael Fleming, Esq., of Staholmog in County Meath
  3. Amelia, married Theobald Taaffe, 4th Earl of Carlingford, the last earl of Carlingford

The marriage was a troubled one, giving constant anxiety to friends and family. The couple seem to have spent much time apart.

Later life

In December 1661 Lord Fingall was one of the signatories of the Catholic Remonstrance and presented the document personally to James Butler, 1st Duke of Ormond, for submission to the king.

Litigation over the recovery of his estates before the Court of Claims dragged on for years, causing one of the commissioners for claims to remark that Lord Fingall's case "was suspended between Heaven and earth". He had recovered most of his estates by 1677. Though he had been politically prominent in the 1660s, he seems to have spent his later years in retirement. During the Popish Plot Lady Fingall, who was living apart from her husband in London, was named as a Catholic conspirator, but no action was taken against her.

Death and timeline

Fingall died in 1684 and was succeeded by his eldest son Peter.

Timeline
Age Date Event
0 1639 Born
10 1649, 30 Jan King Charles I beheaded.
10 1649, 2 Aug Battle of Rathmines. Michael Jones defeats James Butler, Marquess of Ormond before Dublin.
10 1649, Aug Succeeded his father as 3rd Earl of Fingall
21 1660, 29 May Restoration of King Charles II
23 1662 Recovered his lands
39 1678 Peter, his third but only surviving son, born
46 1685, 6 Feb Accession of King James II, succeeding King Charles II
45 1684 Died
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