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5 de ene. de 2024 · On January 5th, Patrick Sarsfield McNamara passed away peacefully in Santa Monica, California. Born on July 22nd, 1933 in New York City to Elizabeth “Betty” McNamara (nee Sarsfield), originally of Jarrow, England and John McNamara, originally of Mitchelstown, Ireland, he was their oldest son and the second oldest of their six children.
Patrick Sarsfield (1655-1693), undoubtedly one of the most romantic figures of Irish history, has always captured the popular imagination. This biography describes Sarsfield's unpromising early career where he was dismissed from the army, involved in a series of duels, and took part in two violent abductions of wealthy young widows.
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 ...
13 de feb. de 2023 · Just last year, the Irish Mirror reported that excavations to find the skeletal remains of 17th century deceased Earl and revolutionary Irish war hero, Patrick Sarsfield, had begun in Belgium. They have now been located and talks are underway to have them repatriated back to Ireland as part of the Sarsfield Homecoming Project, now in its 3rd year.
16 de feb. de 2021 · A group seeking to locate the remains of Patrick Sarsfield, the famous historical figure who led the Jacobite army in the siege of Limerick in 1691, have had a breakthrough in their search and ...
Sarsfield's elder brother, William, having no son by his marriage with Mary, a natural daughter of Charles II. by Lucy Walters, and sister to the Duke of Monmouth, left the estates, worth about £2,000 a year, to his brother Patrick.
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.
