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The Church is famous for housing the National Shrine to St. Oliver Plunkett, who was martyred at Tyburn in 1681. The shrine is most elaborate and contains the preserved head of the saint. Another showcase displays his shoulder blade and other bones as relics.
St Oliver Plunkett's head. Oliver Plunkett was beatified on 23 May 1920 by Pope Benedict XV. [14] The cause for his canonization was opened on 27 July 1951, [14] and he was canonized in 1975, the first new Irish saint for almost seven hundred years, [1] and the first of the Irish martyrs to be beatified. For the canonisation, the customary ...
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St Oliver Plunkett's Head. In 1921, the preserved severed head of Saint Oliver Plunkett, who was executed in London in 1681, was put on display in St. Peter's (Catholic) Church, where it remains today. The church is located on West Street, which is the main street in the town.
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Oliver Cromwell: 30 January 1661: Posthumous execution following exhumation of his body from Westminster Abbey. Robert Hubert: 28 September 1666: Falsely confessed to starting the Great Fire of London. [62] Claude Duval: 21 January 1670: Highwayman. [63] Saint Oliver Plunkett: 1 July 1681: Lord Primate of All Ireland, Lord Archbishop of Armagh ...