Randal Plunkett, 21st Baron of Dunsany

The Right Honourable
The Lord Dunsany
Informal photograph of Plunkett holding a dog
Plunkett in 2021
Born (1983-03-09) 9 March 1983 (age 41)
New York City, U.S.
NationalityIrish
Education
Alma materKingston University
Occupation(s)Film director, property owner, rewilding advocate
Years active2009–present
Title21st Baron of Dunsany
PredecessorEdward Plunkett, 20th Baron of Dunsany
PartnerLaura Dillon (fiancée)[1]
Children1 daughter, 1 stepdaughter[2]
Parents

Randal Plunkett, 21st Baron of Dunsany (born 9 March 1983)[4] is an Irish filmmaker, landowner and rewilding advocate.[5] Plunkett is the holder of a peerage title, and holds Dunsany Castle, one of the longest-inhabited houses in Ireland, and its remaining estate.

Plunkett succeeded to the Dunsany title upon the death of his father in 2011. In his professional life, he has directed a range of film shorts, worked on several dozen other film projects, and provided location and post-production services from his demesne. He produced his first feature film, The Green Sea, in 2018–2019 and released it in 2021. Plunkett became an advocate for rewilding in 2014 and has dedicated around half of the ancestral estate in County Meath as Ireland's largest private nature reserve.

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference Gdn_210807_Carroll was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ [hhttps://open.spotify.com/episode/1upEhsgpwQ1nSyiUwq3NwN "Unfolding Life podcast with guest Randal Plunkett"]. Unfolding Life - Podcast on Spotify 25:43min. 13 October 2024. Retrieved 13 October 2024.
  3. ^ "Lady Dunsany obituary: Colourful, stylish Brazilian architect". Irish Times, The. Irish Times Trust, The. 18 April 2020. Maria Alice de Marsillac Plunkett, Lady Dunsany. The Brazilian architect and designer . . . widow of the late Edward Plunkett, 20th Lord Dunsany . . . parents from two distinguished Brazilian families – the Villela and the Bandeiro de Mello
  4. ^ Dunsany, 21st Baron of (cr 1439). Oxford and London: A. & C. Black / Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U254797. ISBN 978-0-19-954088-4. Retrieved 24 August 2020.
  5. ^ "Dunsany Productions". www.dunsanyproductions.com. Retrieved 25 January 2019.