Loughcrew
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Loughcrew or Lough Crew is an area of historical importance near Oldcastle, County Meath, Ireland. It is home to a group of ancient tombs from the 4th millennium BC, some decorated with rare megalithi
Cairns S and T, Loughcrew
The inner passage of Cairn T
Oliver Plunkett
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Oliver Plunkett, also spelled Plunket Irish: Oilibhéar Pluincéid; 1 November 1625 – 1 July 1681, was the Catholic Archbishop of Armagh and Primate of All Ireland and the last victim of the Popish Plot
Loughcrew
…place. In more recent centuries Loughcrew became the seat of a branch of the Norman-Irish Plunkett family, whose most famous member became the martyred St Oliver Plunkett. The family church stands in the grounds of Loughcrew Gardens. With its barren isolated location, Sliabh na Caillí became a critical meeting point…
Portrait by Edward Luttrell
Titus Oates, perpetrator of the "Popish Plot"
Westminster Hall, where Plunkett was tried
St Oliver Plunkett casket in Downside Abbey