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  AllRefer.com - Oliver Plunket (Saints Biography) - Encyclopedia
Oliver Plunket 1629–81, Irish Roman Catholic churchman and martyr, b.
Plunket was tried and acquitted in Ireland; he was then taken to London, tried again, convicted, and hanged, drawn, and quartered.
Plunket was the last Roman Catholic to be executed at Tyburn on politico-religious grounds.
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 WILLIAM CONYNGHAM PLUNKET, 1ST BARON PLUNKET - LoveToKnow Article on WILLIAM CONYNGHAM PLUNKET, 1ST BARON PLUNKET   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
The Irish Plunkets are distinguished by the spelling of the name from the Plunketts of the families of the barons Dunsany (cr.
Plunket held a seat in the Imperial parliament during this period, and there made several able speeches in favor of Catholic emancipation, and of continuing the war with France; but when the Grenville cabinet was dissolved be returned once more to professional life.
In 1827 Plunket was made master of the rolls in Englahd; but, owing to the professional jealousy of the bar, who regarded an Irishman as an intruder, he resigned in a few days.
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 Saint Oliver Plunket | Catholic-Pages.com
Saint Oliver Plunket was born in Loughcrew, county Meath, in 1629.
Oliver's youth was spent in the upheaval of the rebellion against Charles I, where his family of the noble gentry class supported the prerogative of the King, and sought freedom for the Irish.
After completing his studies, St. Oliver was subsequently ordained, and due to the strife of Ireland, was appointed to and maintained the chair of Theology at the College de Propaganda Fide for 12 years.
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 St. Oliver Plunket
Nevertheless, after Oliver Cromwell, England's uncrowned Puritan ruler, invaded Erin (1649-1653), the religious clergy and the bishops had to flee the country, and the functioning of the Church was disrupted.
Oliver Plunket was a native of Ireland's County Meath.
Oliver Plunket was the last Catholic to be executed for his faith on the scaffold of notorious Tyburn Hill.
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Oliver Plunkett was appointed Archbishop of Armagh and Primate of all Ireland by Pope Clement IX.
In 1679 Oliver Plunkett was arrested and put on trial at Dundalk, for conspiring against the state by plotting to bring 20,000 French soldiers into the country and leveling a tax on his clergy to support 70,000 men for rebellion.
Oliver Plunkett was beautified in 1920 and canonized in 1975.
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 OLIVER PLUNKET - LoveToKnow Article on OLIVER PLUNKET   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Plunket showed amazing diligence in furthering the cause of his Church.
He was in very straitened circumstances, the revenue of his see being only 62 In good years.
He made a good defence, but on the absurdest of evidence the jury convicted him of treason, and on the 1st of July he was hanged, drawn and,quartered at Tyburn.
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 Our Sunday Visitor's Grace In Action Leader Guide   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Oliver spent the next fifteen years as a professor of theology at the College of the Propaganda Fide and was the representative of the Irish Bishops to the Holy See.
At first Oliver was able to forge excellent relations with the Protestants, but in 1673, new Catholic persecutions were launched, forcing him to administer his diocese under extremely difficult circumstances.
Plunket was beatified in 1920 by Pope Benedict XV (1914-1922) and canonized in 1975 by Pope Paul VI (r.
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 CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: St. Oliver Plunket
Plunket lingered for some time in London, using his influence ti mitigate the rigour of the administration of the anti-Catholic laws in Ireland, and it was only in the middle of March, 1670, that he entered on his apostolate in Armagh.
Plunket, with the sanction of the Lord Lieutenant, went in search of them, not without great risk, and reasoning with them in a kind and paternal manner induced them to renounce their career of plundering.
Plunket published in 1672 a small octavo of fifty-six pages with the title "Jus Primatiale"; or the Ancient Pre-eminence of the See of Armagh above all other archbishoprics in the kingdom of Ireland, asserted by "O.A.T.H.P.", which initials represent "Oliverus Armacanus Totius Hiberniae Primas", i.e.
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 Catholic Online
Oliver Plunkett was born in Loughcrew in County Meath, Ireland on November 1, 1625.
Oliver taught in Rome until 1669, when he was appointed Archbishop of Armagh and Primate of Ireland.
Oliver Plunkett publicly forgave all those who were responsible for his death on July 1, 1681.
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 CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Meath
Plunket, who had been professor and superior in the Irish College of the Lombards, Paris, was consecrated bishop by the papal nuncio at Paris in 1779.
The catechism compiled by Dr. Plunket cannot easily be improved, and is still used in the schools of the diocese.
Finally, Meath is the birthplace of the Venerable Oliver Plunket, the martyred Primate of Armagh, the last victim publicly sacrificed in England for the Faith.
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 Oliver
Oliver is most likely an English name meaning “Olive Tree,” from the Latin word “olivarius.” This theory is disputed, however, since no known Roman was actually named Olivarius.
The Oxford Dictionary of English Christian Names (1977) suggests Oliver is another form of the Old German name, Alfihar, or the Old English Aelfhare, both of which mean “Elf Army,” from “aelf” (elf), and “heri” (army).
Oliver, although its etymology is disputed, was first noted as the name (Olivier) of one of Charlemagne’s (742-814) knights.
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 St Columba's HomePages: St Oliver Plunket   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
He swore on oath that it was true, and London went into a panic, which in turn resulted in the arrest of Oliver Plunket.
The judge said that the foundation of Plunketís treason was the ìsetting up of a false religion, which was the most dishonourable and derogatory to God of all religions, and that a greater crime could not be committed against God than for a man to endeavour to propagate that religionî.
Of all the saints, Oliver Plunket must be one of the most appropriate for us to ask for his intercessions for the restoration of love and peace in the troubled island of Ireland.
www.stcolumba.org.uk /JUBILEE/SAINTS/plunket.htm   (283 words)

  
 Oliver - Open Encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Oliver is a given name, meaning 'kind one', and is usually a male name.
is based on the novel Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens.
This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title.
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 St. Oliver Plunket School   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Oliver Plunkett School, which opened in 1976, replaced St. Sylvesters Boys School which had occupied the Grove Road site since 1953.
Oliver Plunkett School is located in Malahide, County Dublin approximately nine iles to the north of Dublin City, close to the airport.
It is a coastal town which, up to 150 years ago had a great reputation for its oysters.
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 The Church in Ireland During the Reign of the Stuarts (1604-1689) @ ELCore.Net
Oliver St. John, who had shown himself to be such a bitter enemy of the Catholics, was removed from office, and Lord Falkland was sent over as Deputy in 1622.
Plunket had accompanied Scarampi to Rome (1645), where he read a particularly brilliant course as a student of the Irish College, and afterwards acted as a professor in the Propaganda till his nomination to Armagh.
Plunket, after eluding the vigilance of his pursuers for some time, was arrested in 1679.
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 Part 108 of The Annals of Ulster
Aedh junior, son of Aedh the Tawny, son of Brian Ua Neill the Freckled, went on a raid into Leth-Cathail and was overtaken there and slain with one thrust of a javelin: to wit, the youth who was best in hospitality and leadership that was in Trian-Conghail at that time.
The descendants of Mael-mordha of the Mullach were expelled from their own district and the sons of Glaisne Ua Raighilligh built a castle in their land.
The son of Oliver Plunket was slain by the son of Richard Plunket between the two Nativities Dec.
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 William Conyngham Plunket, 1st Baron Plunket --  Encyclopædia Britannica
Anglo-Irish lawyer, parliamentary orator, successor to Henry Grattan (died 1820) as chief spokesman for Roman Catholic emancipation—i.e., admission of Catholics to the British House of Commons, a goal that was achieved in 1829.
Called to the Irish bar in 1787, Plunket was highly successful as an equity lawyer.
More results on "William Conyngham Plunket, 1st Baron Plunket" when you join.
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 Patron Saints Index: Saint Oliver Plunkett
Arrested and tried at Dundalk in 1679 for conspiring against the state by plotting to bring 20,000 French soldiers into the country, and for leveling a tax on his clergy to support 70,000 men for rebellion.
Lord Shaftesbury knew that Oliver would never be convicted in Ireland, and had him moved to Newgate prison, London.
The first grand jury found no true bill, but he was not released.
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 Snooker Club Championship   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Aidy Wilson is presented with the Canon McMullin trophy by Oliver Plunket in Donegal Town Snooker Club.
This competition is the longest running in the history of the club.
Jackie McMullin, a long time member and friend to the club, generously sponsored the tournament and was on hand to present the cup and beautiful prizes to the winners.
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The Sisters of St Joseph returned to Townsville in 1924 to begin St Joseph's Convent School in the newly proclaimed parish of Blessed Oliver Plunket, Mundingburra located in Norris Street.
In 1959, the school changed its name to Blessed Oliver Plunket School in order to assist the cause of Oliver Plunket's sainthood.
The school reverted to being known as St Joseph's School in 1966 when the parish officially became Holy Trinity Parish on the opening of the Holy Trinity Church.
www.mburra.tsv.catholic.edu.au /history.htm   (378 words)

  
 Britannia.com: Hidden London by Jan Collie   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Between 1678 and 1681 no less than 12 Catholics martyrs were buried in St. Giles after Titus Oates claimed that he had discovered a 'Popish Plot' to murder Charles II and restore Catholicism as the state religion.
Those executed included the Blessed Oliver Plunket, Archbishop of Armagh, though his body was later exhumed.
Through these events and down the turbulent centuries, St. Giles-in-the-Fields nonetheless continued to serve the community much like any other parish church and many notable births, marriages and deaths are recorded in its registers.
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 The Examiner - News From Ireland - 21, July, 1999   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
A Dublin jury acquitted Paul Fitzgerald (29), of Garrymore, Clonmel, County Tipperary on the charge of murdering Frances ‘Frankie’ Daniels (41), of Oliver Plunket Terrace, Clonmel in Clonmel on October 26, 1977.
The murder of the Mr Daniels caused shockwaves throughout Clonmel in 1997 because no one could understand why anybody would want to kill the unemployed man who was described by gardaí as very inoffensive.
His battered body was found in a laneway between Oliver Plunkett Terrace and Haywood Road near the centre of Clonmel, just yards from where the victim lived with his elderly mother, Mary Daniels.
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 A Child's History of England by Charles Dickens 34
On the anniversary of the late King's death, the bodies of Oliver Cromwell, Ireton, and Bradshaw, were torn out of their graves in Westminster Abbey, dragged to Tyburn, hanged there on a gallows all day long, and then beheaded.
Imagine the head of Oliver Cromwell set upon a pole to be stared at by a brutal crowd, not one of whom would have dared to look the living Oliver in the face for half a moment!
Of course, the remains of Oliver's wife and daughter were not to be spared either, though they had been most excellent women.
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 Saint Oliver Plunket
Plunket, Saint Oliver, 1629–81, Irish Roman Catholic churchman and martyr, b.
He was beatified as a martyr in 1920 and canonized in 1975.
Plunket, Saint Oliver (The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition)
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 Find in a Library: The condemnation of the two notorious traytors Oliver Plunket, titular Primate of Ireland, and Eward ...
Find in a Library: The condemnation of the two notorious traytors Oliver Plunket, titular Primate of Ireland, and Eward [sic] Fitz-Harris, whoth received sentance of death at the Kings-Bench-Bar the 15th of June 1681 for high treason.
The condemnation of the two notorious traytors Oliver Plunket, titular Primate of Ireland, and Eward [sic] Fitz-Harris, whoth received sentance of death at the Kings-Bench-Bar the 15th of June 1681 for high treason.
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 History of Diocese of Hexham and Newcastle:CharlesII
Worse was to come, however, when the untrustworthy Titus Oates made his allegations in 1678 about another Popish Plot.
The crisis led to the execution of 24 Catholics, including 17 priests and the Irish Archbishop of Armagh Oliver Plunket.
Orders were given to compel all papists to take the oaths or give security for good behaviour.
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 EAST BELFAST UNDER 18's
East Belfast U18's were hammered 11-0 on a cold and damp morning up at valentines.
With East Belfast just about putting a team together for the match St.Oliver Plunket give the East no chance at all.
Plunket opened the scoring in the first have with a well taken finsh after a long ball over the top of the make-shift East Defence....
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 Plunkett Family Genealogy Forum (Page 3)
Re: St Oliver Plunket - Debora Garber 9/24/02
Re: St Oliver Plunket - Kristina Hall 9/24/02
Re: Plunket, Plunkett, Plunkert, Plunkard - David C. Plunkett 7/29/01
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 Webworkhouse.com Guide to Cork
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