Show Oliver Plunkett Blessed Oliver Plunkett whose j testification has been approved of bj ihe Vatican council Is the famous primate of Ireland who was executed LlTjburn July 1 1681 on a charge rf high treason There Is an excel tat contemporary portrait of him In He National Portrait gallery Trafal pr square In 1679 he was arrested rn the charge of conspiracy to bring 10000 Frenchmen Into Ireland and hf having levied money from Ms i Idtrgy for the purpose of maintaining 1 ItOOOO men for an armed rebellion JThe principal witnesses against him here some disreputable priests and Lues ffiarohehadBJUpen Ie j for ban IcducL His head Is still present ll b i convent at Drogheda |