Blank greetings card with envelope featuring:

Oliver Plunket (St Oliver Plunket) NPG D29773

© National Portrait Gallery, London

by Richard Collin

Appointed Archbishop of Armagh in 1669, Plunket was the ecclesiastical head of the Catholic Church in Ireland at a time when Catholic clergy were outlawed. He was forced to perform his ministry in secret, living in a network of safe houses and travelling in disguise. In the frenzied atmosphere of the Popish Plot, he was captured and falsely accused of planning a 70,000-strong Catholic rebellion. Brought to trial in London and found guilty of high treason, he became the most senior clerical victim of the... more

Card size: 125mm x 175mm

Images are printed in their original proportions, within a white border.