Plunkett

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

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

Dunsany family

Killeen and Fingall family

Family of George Noble Plunkett

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

Family of Baron Plunket

A title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom

Baron Louth family

Others

See also

References

  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)".