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4th Baron Louth

Oliver Plunkett, 4th Baron Louth (see here), succ 1575,
mar 1stly to Frances Bagenal
and died 5th Mar 1607, having had issue:

1. Margaret Plunkett,
   mar 1605 to Sir Thomas Fitzwilliam, 1st Viscount Fitzwilliam and had issue.

2. Matthew Plunkett, 5th Baron Louth,
   mar Mary Fitzwilliam
   and died 19th July 1629, having had issue
   (ancestors of Barons Louth of Louth Hall, S of Tallanstown, towards Ardee, Co.Louth).
   The Barons Louth were, like the Fitzwilliams, a prominent 17th cent. Roman Catholic family, Royalist in English Civil War, supporters of King James against William.

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• Baron Louth

• Louth Hall survives. It is an old tower-house with a large building of date 1760 attached, and 19th cent. battlements. See [Irish Country Houses].