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12 de feb. de 2023 · The remains of Irish hero Patrick Sarsfield have been discovered in a church in Belgium more than 300 years after his death. Sarsfield, the Earl of Lucan, is best known for marshaling the defense ...
Patrick Sarsfield, 1st Earl of Lucan (1655-1693) was an Irish soldier and commander of the Jacobite forces during the Williamite War in Ireland from 1689 to 1691. Born into a wealthy Catholic family, and of mixed Anglo-Norman and Gaelic descent, Sarsfield would play a prominent role as part of the Jacobite “War Party”, successfully managing to relieve the first siege of Limerick.
Life of Patrick Sarsfield, Earl of Lucan: With a Short Narrative of the Principal Events of the Jacobite War in Ireland John Todhunter T.F. Unwin , 1895 - Ireland - 204 pages
16 de feb. de 2021 · Campaigners seeking to repatriate the remains of Patrick Sarsfield believe they have found the place where he is buried. Sarsfield, one of the great tragic figures of Irish history, left Ireland ...
Sarsfield was, indeed, a scion of a dispossessed family, with a mixed Old English and Irish heritage. But beyond this, we know very little about him. He Sarsfield and the Jacobites (Cork: Mercier Press, 2003), p. 8. However, no evidence is presented to sup port this assertion. 9. Alice Curtayne, Patrick Sarsfield (Dublin: Talbot Press, 1934), p ...
Patrick Sarsfield was married to Honora Burke, the daughter of William, 7th Earl of Clanricarde and his second wife Helen McCarthy, daughter of the Earl of Clancarthy. The Clanricards lived in Portumna Castle on the Connaught side of the Shannon, which today is an OPW heritage site and open to the public.
After the loss of the last major stronghold, Patrick Sarsfield led the army into exile in the Flight of the Wild Geese to the Continent, where they continued to serve the cause of James and his successors. Bibliography. Childs, John. The Williamite Wars in Ireland. Bloomsbury Publishing, 2007. Simms, J.G. Jacobite Ireland, London 1969.
