Randal Plunkett, 21st Baron of Dunsany

The Right Honourable The Lord Dunsany
Plunkett in 2021
Born	(1983-03-09) 9 March 1983 (age 41) New York City, U.S.
Nationality (legal)	Irish
Education	Headfort School The King's Hospital Institut Le Rosey
Alma mater	Kingston University
Occupation(s)	Film director, property owner, rewilding advocate
Years active	2009–present
Title	21st Baron of Dunsany
Predecessor	Edward Plunkett, 20th Baron of Dunsany
Partner	Laura Dillon (fiancée)
Children	1 daughter
Parents	Edward J. C. Plunkett, 20th Baron of Dunsany Maria Alice de Marsillac[1] (née Villela de Carvalho)

Randal Plunkett, 21st Baron of Dunsany (born 9 March 1983),^[2] is an Irish film director, producer and editor,^[3] as well as a landowner and holder of one of the oldest surviving Irish peerage titles, and one of the longest-inhabited houses in Ireland, Dunsany Castle, and its remaining estate.

Plunkett succeeded to the Dunsany title upon the death of his father in 2011. As of 2022, he is engaged to marry, and his properties and title have living heirs.

In his professional life, he has directed a range of film shorts, worked on several dozen other film projects, and provided location and post-production services from his demesne. He produced his first feature film, The Green Sea in 2018–2019 and released it in 2021.

Plunkett became an advocate for rewilding in 2014 and has dedicated over a third of the ancestral estate in County Meath as Ireland's largest private nature reserve. First successes of the project include the return of the corncrake, several species of birds of prey, including the Red-listed red kite, the rare Great Spotted Woodpecker and other birds, as well as multiple other animal species, including pine marten, stoat and the Red-listed otter. A number of rescued wildlife are also being re-released after rehabilitation by local wildlife rescues. He has made appearances in Irish and international media, promoting the rewilding cause.