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376 KILLEARN-KILLEEN. KILLEARN. See "BLACKBURN OF KILLEARN, co. Stirling," Barony (Blackburn) er. (for life) 1876. KILLEEN. [Observations. The mode of creation, as also the exact date of this Peerage is obscure. Its possessor in 1489 was one of the 9 Barons [I], sum. by Henry VII. to England. and was then ranked between Lord Delvin [I] and Lord Howth [1] Camden, in his "Hibernia," writes that "Christopherus Plunket, tempore Henrici Sexti, evectus fuerat ad dignitatem BARONIS KILLIN, quod, per nxorem, e stirpe Cusakia heredem, ipsi obvenerat." This passage has been frequently mistranslated; but it is obvious that the relative "quod" does not refer to the "Dignitas Baronis," but to the word "Killin," the Manor of Killeen, i.c., it signifies "quod manerium," not "quam dignitatem. (a) The Manor of Killeen was held by Richard Tuite of the Barons of Skryne, who tho' generally sum, to Parl. [1] never pretended to the dignity of a Peerage. This Richard Tuite was summ. to a Parl. [1] 8 Jan. (1309/10) 13 Ed. II., and sat in a Part. at Dublin (1323-24) 17 Ed. II. His grandaughter and heir m. Sir Walter de Cusack, who thus became of Killeen, and obtained Reisin thereof, 4 June (1351) 25 Ed. III. He was sun. to Parl. [I] in (1374) 48 Ed. III., and in (1377, 1380, and 1381) 1, 4, and 5 Ric. II. His son and heir, Sir Lucas de Cusack, left a da. and h., Joan, who m. Sir Christopher Plunkett, as under.] Barony [I.] I. 1426 ? 1. CHRISTOPHER PLUNKETT, of Killeen and Rathregan, co. Meath, s. and h. of Sir Richard PLUNKETT, of Rathregan, (h) afsd. (who was sum. to Parl. [.], in 1374), by Elizabeth, sur. his father about 1376, being then a minor, and was Knighted in 1391. He m. in 1403, Joan, da. and h. of Sir Lucas de CUSACK, of Killeen, Dunsany and Gerard- stown, co. Meath, who brought to him that inheritance. He was Sheriff of co. Meath, and, having been of great service in the wars of Ireland. had, 5 Nov. 1426, a grant of 40 marks from the Crown, and was probably about that date cr. a Peer(c) as LORD(d) KILLEEN [I.] Ilis wife d. 4 March 1441. He d. 1445, and was bur. at Killeen. (0) M.I. II. 1445. 2. CHRISTOPHER (PLUNKETT), LORD KILLEEN [I.], grandson and h., heing 8. and h. of John PLUNKETT, 1st s. and h. ap. of the last Lord (but who d. v.p.), by Janet, da. of (−) BELLEW. He accounted to the Exchequer in 1448 for debts due from his grandfather. He m. Joanna, da. of (-) BELLEW, of Bellewstown. He d. 1462. III. 1462. 3. S. CHRISTOPHER (PLUNKETT), LORD KILLEEN [I], s. and h., aged 22 in 1462, when he had livery of his father's lands. He Was DEPUTY GOVERNOR [I.] to the Lord Deputy Desmond (1463-67.) He m. before 1463, Elizabeth, da. and colicir of Sir William WELLES, Lord Chancellor [I], 1461, by (-), da. of (-) BARNEWALL, of Crickstown. He d. s.p., or s.p.in.(f) about 1469. His widow m. James (FLEMING), BARON OF SLANE [L], who d. 1491. (a) See "Remarks upon the ancient Baronage of Ireland" [Qy. by W. Lynch] Dublin, 1829, pp. 110-111. (b) An account of "The family of Plunket, Barons of Rathregan and Killeen," is given in "Lynel," pp. 266-276. (c) See vol. i, p. 171, note "c," sub "Athenry," for some observations on the early Irish Baronies us Peerage Dignities. (d) See vol. i, p. 172, note "f," sub "Athenry," for some observations on the words "Dominus" and "Baro," as applied to the early Irish Baronies. (e) He founded a chantry at Killeen for four priests to pray for the souls of himself, his wife, Sir Richard Plunkett, Kut., Dame Elizabeth P. [doubtless his parents], John P., senior, John P., junior, Richard P., senior, and Richard P., junior. (f) In "Lynch," p. 272, it is stated that he had female issue.