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Sarsfield commanded the Irish troops in England in 1688, but fled to France with James, returning with him to Ireland in 1689. In the war that followed Sarsfield rose rapidly to major‐general. His attacks on Williamite supply lines forced the raising of the first siege of Limerick but, after defeat at Aughrim, he concluded the second siege of Limerick on terms which allowed him to sail for ...
Patrick Sarsfield nació en Lucan, Dublín. Su padre, Patrick Sarsfield, se había casado con Anne, hija de Rory O'Moore, uno de los organizadores de la Rebelión irlandesa de 1641. Su familia, de origen normando, poseía terrenos que reportaban unas rentas de 2000 libras anuales. Patrick, el hijo menor, entró a servir en el Regimiento de ...
16 de fev. 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 ...
17 de mai. de 2018 · Sarsfield, Patrick ( c. 1650–93). Jacobite earl of Lucan. Born to a catholic family of mixed Anglo-Norman and Gaelic ancestry, Sarsfield entered the Irish army in 1678. He then served in the English regiments which Charles II detached to fight in the army of Louis XIV of France, but returned to England at the succession of James II in 1685 ...
12 de fev. 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.
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.
