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    Drax Plunkett, 18th Baron of Dunsany FRSL FRGS (/dʌnˈseɪni/; 24 July 1878 – 25 October 1957), commonly known as Lord Dunsany, was an Anglo-Irish writer...
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  • Dunsany may refer to: Dunsany Castle and Demesne, County Meath, Ireland Baron of Dunsany, "Lord Dunsany" or "Dunsany", the holders of the Dunsany estate...
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    The title Baron of Dunsany or, more commonly, Lord Dunsany, is one of the oldest (1439 or 1462) dignities in the Peerage of Ireland, one of just a handful...
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    06°37′15″W / 53.53556°N 6.62083°W / 53.53556; -6.62083 Dunsany Castle (Irish: Caisleán Dhún Samhnaí), Dunsany, County Meath, Ireland is a modernised Anglo-Norman...
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  • Carlos Plunkett, 20th Baron of Dunsany (10 September 1939 – 24 May 2011), was the grandson of the author Lord Dunsany, and a modern artist (painter and...
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  • Dunsany's chess, also known as Dunsany's game, is an asymmetric chess variant in which Black has the standard chess army and White has 32 pawns. This game...
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    Baron of Dunsany (born 9 March 1983) is an Irish filmmaker, landowner and rewilding advocate. Plunkett holds a peerage title, and holds Dunsany Castle,...
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  • furthering her TV career, with parts in Outlander, playing Lady Isobel Dunsany, and in the BBC thriller series Rellik, as 20 year old Sally. The same...
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  • Randal Arthur Henry Plunkett, 19th Baron of Dunsany (25 August 1906 – 8 February 1999) was an Irish peer. An only child, he was the son of author and...
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    The catalogue of Edward Plunkett, 18th Baron of Dunsany (Lord Dunsany)'s work during his 53-year active writing career is quite extensive, and is fraught...
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    The King of Elfland's Daughter (category Novels by Edward Plunkett, 18th Baron of Dunsany)
    Elfland's Daughter is a 1924 fantasy novel by Anglo-Irish writer Lord Dunsany. It is widely recognized as one of the most influential and acclaimed works...
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    on the story. Price also notes that Lovecraft admired the work of Lord Dunsany, who wrote The Gods of Pegana (1905), which depicts a god constantly lulled...
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  • ancestor of the Barons of Dunsany, Barons of Killeen, and Earls of Fingall Baron of Dunsany Christopher Plunkett, 1st Baron of Dunsany (1410–1463) and uncle...
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    The Gods of Pegāna (category Short story collections by Edward Plunkett, 18th Baron of Dunsany)
    The Gods of Pegāna is the first book by Anglo-Irish writer Lord Dunsany, published in 1905. The fantasy book was reviewed favourably but as an unusual...
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    a First World War war poet. He befriended the established writer Lord Dunsany, who helped with publication of his works. He was killed in action at Ypres...
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  • politicians pass a law forbidding the killing of cats. Influenced by Lord Dunsany, the tale was a personal favorite of Lovecraft's and has remained popular...
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  • on modern literature, including on William Morris, E. R. Eddison, Lord Dunsany, G. K. Chesterton, George Orwell and J. R. R. Tolkien. She is one of the...
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    Lovecraft by two names from Lord Dunsany, an author he much admired. Alhireth-Hotep, a false prophet, appears in Dunsany's The Gods of Pegana, and Mynarthitep...
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  • John William Plunkett, 17th Baron of Dunsany (31 August 1853 – 16 January 1899) was an Anglo-Irish Conservative politician and peer. Plunkett was the...
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    the 17th Lord Dunsany thereby being a member of the Barony of Dunsany. His great-uncle was the writer and playwright the 18th Lord Dunsany, and a cousin...
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  • Dean Spanley (category Adaptations of works by Lord Dunsany)
    England, the film is based on an Alan Sharp adaptation of Irish author Lord Dunsany's 1936 novella My Talks with Dean Spanley. It stars Sam Neill as the Dean...
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    characters from previous stories, many of which had been influenced by Lord Dunsany, in Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath, though they are not always depicted...
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  • Christopher Plunkett, 1st Baron of Dunsany (c. 1410 – 1462) was an Anglo-Norman peer. He was the second son of Sir Christopher Plunkett, and Uncle of...
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    of Lord Dunsany moved his writing in a new direction, resulting in a series of fantasies. Throughout his life, Lovecraft referred to Dunsany as the author...
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    Killeen Castle (Irish: Caisleán an Chillín), located in Dunsany, County Meath, Ireland, is the current construction on a site occupied by a castle since...
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    Sidney Sime (category Edward Plunkett, 18th Baron of Dunsany)
    artwork, especially his story illustrations for Irish fantasy author Lord Dunsany. Sime was born in Hulme, Manchester in poverty in 1865. A five-year career...
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    Plunkett-Ernle-Erle-Drax (1880–1967), who was the younger son of the 17th Baron of Dunsany by his wife Ernle Elizabeth Louisa Maria Grosvenor, née Burton, later Ernle-Erle-Drax...
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  • Randall Edward Plunkett, 15th Baron Dunsany (5 September 1804 – 7 April 1852) was an Anglo-Irish peer and Conservative politician. Plunkett was the son...
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  • at Helwater, the country estate of the Dunsany family, in 1756. Jamie secretly fathers a son with Geneva Dunsany named William, who is raised as the son...
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  • Plunkett, 6th Baron of Dunsany (died 1564 or 1565) was an Irish nobleman.: 26–29  He was the second son of Robert Plunkett Baron of Dunsany, and his wife Eleanor...
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