Earl of Fingall

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Earl of Fingall was a hereditary British title in the Peerage of Ireland .

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The title was created on September 26, 1628 for Luke Plunket, 10th Baron Killeen . In 1613 he inherited the title of Baron Killeen from his father , which was also created in the Peerage of Ireland around 1426 for his ancestor Sir Christopher Plunket .

His son, the 2nd Earl, was declared an outlaw for participating in the Irish Rebellion of 1641 and his lands were confiscated. His son, the 3rd Earl, was able to take back titles and lands in 1662. His descendant, the 8th Earl, although Catholic, took part in the suppression of the Irish Rebellion of 1798 and received the title Baron Fingall , of Woolhampton Lodge in the County of Berkshire in the Peerage of the United Kingdom on June 20, 1831 , conferred on a hereditary seat in the British House of Lords .

The titles finally expired on the childless death of his great-great-grandson, the 12th Earls, on March 5, 1984.

The family seat of the Earls was Killeen Castle in Dunsany in County Meath , which the grandfather of 1st Baron Killeen, Sir Christopher Plunkett († 1445), had acquired through marriage in 1399.

List of Barons Killeen and Earls of Fingall

Barone Killeen (around 1426)

Earl of Fingall (1628)

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