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Elizabeth Burke-Plunkett
Activist and literary hostess
The Rt Hon. Elizabeth Mary Margaret Burke-Plunkett, Countess of Fingall (1862–1944), was born in Moycullen, a daughter of George Edmond Burke of Danesfield and his wife Theresa Quin.[1] 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.[2][3] She was also a noted literary hostess, whose salon at Earlsfort House was a centre of Dublin intellectual life for many years.