George Noble Plunkett

George Noble Plunkett
Minister for Fine Arts
In office
26 August 1921 – 9 January 1922
PresidentÉamon de Valera
Preceded byNew office
Succeeded byOffice abolished
Minister for Foreign Affairs
In office
22 January 1919 – 26 August 1921
PresidentÉamon de Valera
Preceded byNew office
Succeeded byArthur Griffith
Ceann Comhairle of Dáil Éireann
In office
22 January 1919 – 22 January 1919
DeputyJohn J. O'Kelly
Preceded byCathal Brugha
Succeeded bySeán T. O'Kelly
Teachta Dála
In office
August 1923 – June 1927
ConstituencyRoscommon
In office
May 1921 – August 1923
ConstituencyLeitrim–Roscommon North
In office
December 1918 – May 1921
ConstituencyRoscommon North
Member of Parliament
In office
February 1917 – November 1922
Preceded byJames O'Kelly
Succeeded byOffice abolished
ConstituencyRoscommon North
Personal details
Born
George Noble Plunkett

(1851-12-03)3 December 1851
Dublin, Ireland
Died12 March 1948(1948-03-12) (aged 96)
Dublin, Ireland
Political partySinn Féin (1917–onwards)
Other political
affiliations
Independent (1917)
Spouse
Josephine Cranny
(m. 1881)
Children7, including Joseph, George, and Fiona
EducationClongowes Wood College
Alma materTrinity College Dublin

George Noble Plunkett (3 December 1851 – 12 March 1948) was an Irish nationalist politician, museum director and biographer, who served as Minister for Fine Arts from 1921 to 1922, Minister for Foreign Affairs from 1919 to 1921 and Ceann Comhairle of Dáil Éireann in January 1919. He served as a Teachta Dála (TD) from 1918 to 1927. He was a Member of Parliament (MP) for Roscommon North from 1917 to 1922.

He was the father of Joseph Plunkett, one of the leaders of the Easter Rising of 1916, as well as George Oliver Plunkett, Fiona Plunkett and John (Jack) Plunkett who also fought during the rising and subsequently during the Irish revolutionary period.[1]

  1. ^ "Plunkett, George Noble". Archived from the original on 8 February 2012. Retrieved 25 August 2007.