Saint Oliver Plunkett (Irish: Oilibhéar Pluincéid; alternative spelling Plunket) (1 November 1629 – 1 July 1681) was the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Armagh and Primate of All Ireland who was the last victim of the Popish Plot.
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