Plunket family (of Roscommon Co)

[colonel Bertrand PARIS]

I descend from PLUNKETT family of Knockroe (alias Cambo Castle) near Elphin. My branch came to Belgium and Austria at the end of XVIII° century and to France 100 years later.<br>Have you anything about this family ?<br>Many thanks<br>Bertrand
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paris.bertrand@caramail.com

[Sean]

: I descend from PLUNKETT family of Knockroe (alias Cambo Castle) near Elphin. My branch came to Belgium and Austria at the end of XVIII° century and to France 100 years later.<br>: Have you anything about this family ?<br>: Many thanks<br>: Bertrand<p>Plunkett's are among our most illustrious families; we even named Castleplunkett in Roscommon after them. See www.plunkett.net to start.

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[Ray McLoughlin]

: I descend from PLUNKETT family of Knockroe (alias Cambo Castle) near Elphin. My branch came to Belgium and Austria at the end of XVIII° century and to France 100 years later.<br>: Have you anything about this family ?<br>: Many thanks<br>: Bertrand<p>I remember reading that the name Plunkett was of french origin. It started as Blanche, then Blanchet, then irishized to Blanchard, then anglicized to Plunkett.<p>

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raymcl@optonline.net

[Mike Lennon]

: I descend from PLUNKETT family of Knockroe (alias Cambo Castle) near Elphin. My branch came to Belgium and Austria at the end of XVIII° century and to France 100 years later.<br>: Have you anything about this family ?<br>: Many thanks<br>: Bertrand<p>George Thomas Plunkett was bishop of Elphin 1814-27. He was born in the parish of Croghan in 1756. The townland of Knockroe is in this parish. The family emigrated to Belgium where he became a Dominican priest in 1788. He returned to Ireland as a secular priest in 1795, as parish priest of Croghan and then of Roscommon town in 1803. He was appointed bishop in 1814. He died in Versailles on his way to Rome in 1827. Hope this helps in your search.<p>

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mike.lennon@ebs.ie

[Sean]

: : I descend from PLUNKETT family of Knockroe (alias Cambo Castle) near Elphin. My branch came to Belgium and Austria at the end of XVIII° century and to France 100 years later.<br>: : Have you anything about this family ?<br>: : Many thanks<br>: : Bertrand<p>: George Thomas Plunkett was bishop of Elphin 1814-27. He was born in the parish of Croghan in 1756. The townland of Knockroe is in this parish. The family emigrated to Belgium where he became a Dominican priest in 1788. He returned to Ireland as a secular priest in 1795, as parish priest of Croghan and then of Roscommon town in 1803. He was appointed bishop in 1814. He died in Versailles on his way to Rome in 1827. Hope this helps in your search.<p><br>Well done, Mike. <br>

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