Elizabeth Burke-Plunkett

The Rt Hon.
The Countess of Fingall
In The Sketch, 11 April 1900
2nd President of the Camogie Association
In office
1911–1923
Succeeded byMáire Gill
Personal details
Born(1862-09-13)13 September 1862
Moycullen, County Galway
Died28 October 1944(1944-10-28) (aged 82)
Dublin, Ireland
SpouseArthur Plunkett (1859–1929)
ChildrenOliver Plunkett, 12th Earl of Fingall
Mary Elizabeth Kirk
Henrietta Plunkett
Gerald Plunkett
Professionprinter
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Elizabeth Mary Margaret Plunkett, Countess of Fingall (née Burke; 13 September 1862 – 28 October 1944) was born in Moycullen, a daughter of George Edmond Burke of Danesfield and his wife Theresa Quin. She became an activist in Irish industrial, charitable and cultural groups, serving as second president of the Camogie Association and first president of the Irish Countrywomen's Association. She was also a noted literary hostess, whose salon at Earlsfort House was a centre of Dublin intellectual life for many years.

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