Month: January 2017

Irish in Spain (IX): Plunkett and Macdonnell, 18th century Tarragona

On 7th July 1717 at the Cathedral in Tarragona, Balthazar Plunkett, 1st Lieutenant in Diego ‘Magdonel”s company of the Vendome Infantry Regiment, a native of Gibstoun in Ireland and the son of ‘Don Joan Plunquet’ deceased and ‘Doña Rosa Plunquet i Dilon’, married Teresa Fitón of Tortosa, the daughter of Dr. Francisco Fitón, deceased physician,…