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Patrick Sarsfield, Earl of Lucan. Anne, Viscountess Sarsfield. Patrick Sarsfield was an Irish landowner and soldier of the seventeenth century noted for his role in the Irish Confederate Wars. He is best known as the father of Patrick Sarsfield, Earl of Lucan, and is sometimes referred to as Patrick Sarsfield the Elder because of this.
General Patrick Sarsfield defended Limerick successfully during the Willamite sieges of 1690 and 1691 and signed the Treaty of Limerick to end the siege, he left Ireland for France with his Jacobite army, their departure later became know, as the Flight of the Wild Geese. Patrick Sarsfield died from wounds he received at the battle of Landen 1693.
Patrick Sarsfield is thought to have been born on his family estate near Lucan in County Kildare in, or around 1650. His father, also Patrick, was of Anglo-Norman descent and his mother, Anne, was a daughter of the great Gaelic chieftain, Rory O’ Moore, who helped organise the rebellion of 1641.
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.
Patrick Sarsfield, 1st Earl of Lucan (ca. 1660 – 21 August 1693) was an Irish Jacobite and soldier, belonging to an Anglo-Norman family long settled in Ireland. Sarsfield was born in Lucan c. 1660. His father, Patrick Sarsfield, married Anne O'Moore, daughter of Rory (Roger) O'Moore, who organised the Irish Rebellion of 1641. The family was of Norman origin (by this time the origin was known ...
In the campaign of 1691 he held a subordinate position under St. Ruth. The two often disagreed, and at Aughrim St. Ruth allowed Sarsfield no active share in the battle, leaving him in command of the cavalry reserve. When St. Ruth fell Sarsfield could not turn defeat into victory, but he saved the Irish from utter destruction.
Patrick Sarsfield. Sarsfield led the second flight of the Wild Geese. After the Treaty of Limerick, He marched to Cork with 11,000 soldiers and embarked for France. He died in the Battle of Landen in 1693. Patrick Sarsfield, the first Earl of Lucan was born at Lucan, Co Dublin, about 1650, the second son of Patrick Sarsfield of Lucan and Anne O ...
