Reference code
IE CA CP/1/1/1/2/61
Title
Shrine of Oliver Plunkett, St. Peter’s Church, Drogheda, County Louth
Date(s)
- c.1940 (Creation)
Level of description
Part
Extent and medium
Postcard print
Name of creator
(1615-2023)
Repository
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Scope and content
A post card print titled 'Shrine of Blessed Oliver Plunkett / St. Peter's Church, West Street, Drogheda'. Saint Peter’s Church houses the National Shrine to Oliver Plunkett, the Catholic Archbishop of Armagh who was hanged, drawn and quartered at Tyburn in London on 1 July 1681. Plunkett was the last Catholic martyr to die in England. He was beatified in 1920 and canonised in 1975.