See also:

• PATRICK, SIMON (1626–1707)
• PATRICK, ST

PATRICK See also:

• PATRICK SARSFIELD (? -1693)

SARSFIELD (? -1693)  , titular See also:

• EARL

earl of See also:

• LUCAN

Lucan, Irish Jacobite and soldier, belonged to an Anglo-See also:

• NORMAN
• NORMAN, SIR HENRY WYLIE (1826-1904)

Norman See also:

• FAMILY

family See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

long settled in See also:

• IRELAND
• IRELAND, CHURCH
• IRELAND, CHURCH OF
• IRELAND, JOHN (1761-1842)
• IRELAND, JOHN (1838- )
• IRELAND, WILLIAM HENRY (1777-1835)

Ireland . He was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at Lucan, but the date is unknown . His See also:

• FATHER

father See also:

• PATRICK, SIMON (1626–1707)
• PATRICK, ST

Patrick See also:

• SARSFIELD, PATRICK (? -1693)

Sarsfield married See also:

• ANNE (1665-1714)
• ANNE (1693-1740)

Anne, daughter of Rory (See also:

• ROGER (d. 1139)
• ROGER (d. 1181)

Roger) O'See also:

• MOORE, A
• MOORE, ALBERT JOSEPH (1841–1893)
• MOORE, EDWARD (1712–1757)
• MOORE, GEORGE (1853– )
• MOORE, GEORGE FOOT (1851– )
• MOORE, HENRY (1831–1895)
• MOORE, JOHN (1729-1802)
• MOORE, SIR JOHN (1761-1809)
• MOORE, THOMAS (1779-1852)

Moore, who organized the Irish See also:

• REBELLION

rebellion of 1641 . The family possessed an See also:

• ESTATE (through O. Fr. estat, mod. flat, from Lat. status, state, condition, position, stare, to stand)

estate of £2000 a See also:

• YEAR

year . Patrick, who was a younger son, entered Dongan's See also:

• REGIMENT (from Late Latin regimentum, rule, regere, to rule, govern, direct)

regiment of See also:

• FOOT

foot on the 9th of See also:

• FEBRUARY

February 1678 . In his See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early years he is known to have challenged See also:

• LORD
• LORD (O. Eng. hldford, i.e. hldfweard, the warder or keeper of bread, hlIf, loaf; the word is not represented in any other Teutonic language)
• LORD, JOHN (1810-1894)

Lord See also:

• GREY, CHARLES GREY, 2ND EARL (1764-1845)
• GREY, HENRY GREY, 3RD EARL (1802-1894)
• GREY, LADY JANE (1537-1554)
• GREY, SIR EDWARD
• GREY, SIR GEORGE (1812–1898)

Grey for a supposed reflection on the veracity of the Irish See also:

• PEOPLE

people (See also:

• SEPTEMBER (Lat. septem, seven)

September 1681), and in the See also:

• DECEMBER (Lat. decent, ten)

December of that year he was run through the See also:

• BODY

body in a See also:

• DUEL (Ital. duello, Lat. duellum—old form of bellum-from duo, two)

duel in which he engaged as second . During the last years of the reign of See also:

• KING
• KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
• KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
• KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
• KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
• KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
• KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
• KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
• KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
• KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
• KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
• KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)

King See also:

• CHARLES
• CHARLES (1270-1325)
• CHARLES (1421-1461)
• CHARLES (1525-1574)
• CHARLES (c. 1319-1364)
• CHARLES (Fr. Charles; Span. Carlos; Ital. Carlo; Ger. Karl; derived from O.H.G. Charal,latinized as Carolus, meaning originally " man ": cf. Mod.Ger., Kerl," fellow," A.S. ceorl, Mod. Eng. " churl ")
• CHARLES (KARL EITEL ZEPHYRIN LUDWIG; in Rum. CAROL)
• CHARLES [KARL ALEXANDER] (1712-1780)
• CHARLES, ELIZABETH (1828-1896)
• CHARLES, JACQUES ALEXANDRE CESAR (1746-1823)
• CHARLES, THOMAS (1755-1814)

Charles II. he saw service in the See also:

• ENGLISH

English regiments which were attached to the See also:

• ARMY
• ARMY (from Fr. armee, Lat. armata)

army of See also:

• LOUIS
• LOUIS (804–876)
• LOUIS (893–911)
• LOUIS, JOSEPH DOMINIQUE, BARON (1755-1837)
• LOUIS, or LEWIS (from the Frankish Chlodowich, Chlodwig, Latinized as Chlodowius, Lodhuwicus, Lodhuvicus, whence-in the Strassburg oath of 842-0. Fr. Lodhuwigs, then Chlovis, Loys and later Louis, whence Span. Luiz and—through the Angevin kings—Hungarian

Louis XIV. of See also:

• FRANCE
• FRANCE, ANATOLE (1844– )

France . The See also:

• ACCESSION (from Lat. accedere, to go to, to approach)

accession of King See also:

• JAMES
• JAMES (Gr. 'IlrKw,l3or, the Heb. Ya`akob or Jacob)
• JAMES (JAMES FRANCIS EDWARD STUART) (1688-1766)
• JAMES, 2ND EARL OF DOUGLAS AND MAR(c. 1358–1388)
• JAMES, DAVID (1839-1893)
• JAMES, EPISTLE OF
• JAMES, GEORGE PAYNE RAINSFOP
• JAMES, HENRY (1843— )
• JAMES, JOHN ANGELL (1785-1859)
• JAMES, THOMAS (c. 1573–1629)
• JAMES, WILLIAM (1842–1910)
• JAMES, WILLIAM (d. 1827)

James II. led to his return See also:

• HOME
• HOME, DANIEL DUNGLAS (1833-1886)
• HOME, EARLS OF

home . He took See also:

• PART

part in the suppression of the Western rebellion at the See also:

• BATTLE

battle of Sedgemoor on the 6th of See also:

• JULY

July 1685 . In the following year he was promoted to a colonelcy . King James had adopted the dangerous policy of remodelling the Irish army so as to turn it from a See also:

• PROTESTANT

Protestant to a See also:

• ROMAN

Roman See also:

• CATHOLIC (Gr. KcaBoXuK6s, general, universal)

Catholic force, and Sarsfield, whose family adhered to the See also:

• CHURCH
• CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
• CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
• CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
• CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
• CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)

church of See also:

• ROME
• ROME (Roma)

Rome, was selected to assist in this re-organization . He went to Ireland with See also:

• RICHARD
• RICHARD (d. 1184)
• RICHARD, FRANCOIS MARIE BENJAMIN (18,9-1908)
• RICHARD, HENRY (1812-1888)
• RICHARD, ST

Richard See also:

• TALBOT (FAMILY)
• TALBOT, MARY ANNE (1778-1808)
• TALBOT, WILLIAM HENRY FOX (1800–1877)

Talbot, afterwards earl of Tyrconnel (q.v.), who was appointed See also:

• COMMANDER

commander-in-See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief by the king .

In 1688 the See also:

• DEATH

death of his See also:

• ELDER (0. Eng. ellarn; Ger. Holunder; Fr. sureau)
• ELDER (Gr. 1rpev(3iTepos)

elder See also:

• BROTHER

brother, who had no son, put him in See also:

• POSSESSION
• POSSESSION (Lat. possessio, possidere, to possess)

possession of the family estate, which in those troubled times can have been of small See also:

• ADVANTAGE

advantage to him . When the king brought over a few Irish soldiers to coerce the English, Sarsfield came in command of them . As the king was deserted by his army there was no serious fighting, but Sarsfield had a See also:

• BRUSH (from Fr. brosse, which, like the English word, means both the undergrowth of a wood and the instrument; if the word in both these meanings is ultimately the same, then the origin is from a bundle of brushwood used as a brush or broom, but this is h
• BRUSH, GEORGE DE FOREST (1855– )

brush with some of the Scottish soldiers in the service of the See also:

• PRINCE
• PRINCE (Lat. princeps, from primus capio, " I am the first to take "; Ital. principe, Fr. prince)

prince of See also:

• ORANGE
• ORANGE (Citrus Aurantium)
• ORANGE, HOUSE OF

Orange at Wincanton . When King James disbanded his army and fled to France, Sarsfield accompanied him . In 1689 he returned to Ireland with the king . During the earlier part of the See also:

• WAR
• WAR (O. Eng. werre, Fr. guerre, of Teutonic origin; cf. O.H.G. werran, to confound)

war he did See also:

• GOOD, JOHN MASON (1764-1827)

good service by securing See also:

• CONNAUGHT
• CONNAUGHT, ARTHUR WILLIAM PATRICK ALBERT, DUKE OF (1850– )

Connaught for the See also:

• JACOBITES (from Lat. Jacobus, James)

Jacobites . The king, who is said to have described him as a brave See also:

• FELLOW

fellow who had no See also:

• HEAD (in 0. Eng. heafad; the word is common to Teutonic languages; cf. Dutch hoofd, Ger. Haupt, generally taken to be in origin connected with Lat. caput, Gr. KerbOvi7)
• HEAD, SIR EDMUND WALKER, BART
• HEAD, SIR FRANCIS BOND, BART

head, promoted him to the See also:

• RANK (O.Fr. rant or rent, mod. rang, generally connected with the O.E. and O.H.G. bring, a ring)

rank of brigadier, and then See also:

• MAJOR
• MAJOR (Lat. for " greater ")
• MAJOR (or MAIR), JOHN (1470-1550)

major-See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

general with some reluctance . It was not till after the battle of the See also:

• BOYNE

Boyne (1st of July 1690), and during the See also:

• SIEGE (0. Fr. sege, siege, mod. siege, seat, ultimately from sedere, to sit, cf. Class. Lat. obsidium, a siege)

siege of See also:

• LIMERICK

Limerick, that Sarsfield came prominently forward . His See also:

• CAPTURE (from Lat. capere, to take; Fr. prise maritime; Ger. Wegnahme)

capture of a See also:

• CONVOY

convoy of military stores at one of the two places called Ballyneety between Limerick and See also:

• TIPPERARY

Tipperary, delayed the siege of the See also:

• TOWN

town till the See also:

• WINTER, JOHN STRANGE
• WINTER, PETER (c. 1755-1825)

winter rains forced the English to retire . This achievement, which is said by the See also:

• DUKE (corresponding to Fr. duc, Ital. duca, Ger. Herzog)

duke of See also:

• BERWICK, JAMES FITZJAMES

Berwick to have turned Sarsfield's head, made him the popular See also:

• HERO (Gr. open)
• HERO, THE YOUNGER

hero of the war with the Irish . His generosity, his courage and his commanding height, had already commended him to the See also:

• AFFECTION (Lat. ad, and facere, to do something to, sc. a person)

affection of the Irish . When the cause of King James was ruined in Ireland, Sarsfield arranged the See also:

• CAPITULATION (Lat. capitulum, a little head or division; capitulare, to treat upon terms)

capitulation of Limerick and sailed to France on the 22nd of December 1691 with many of his countrymen who entered the See also:

• FRENCH
• FRENCH, DANIEL CHESTER (1850– )
• FRENCH, NICHOLAS (1604-1678)

French service .

He received a See also:

• COMMISSION (from Lat. commissio, committere)

commission as See also:

• LIEUTENANT

lieutenant-general (marechal de See also:

• CAMP (from Lat. campus, field)

camp) from King Louis XIV. and fought with distinction in See also:

• FLANDERS (Flem. Vlaanderen)

Flanders till he was mortally wounded at the battle of See also:

• LANDEN
• LANDEN, JOHN (1719–1790)

Landen or See also:

• NEERWINDEN

Neerwinden, on the 19th of See also:

• AUGUST (originally Sextilis)

August 1693 . He died at Huy two or three days after the battle . In 1691 he had been created earl of Lucan by King James . He married See also:

• LADY (0. Eng. hlaefdige, Mid. Eng. ldfdi, lavedi; the first part of the word is hldf, loaf, bread, as in the corresponding hldford, lord; the second part is usually taken to be from the root dig-, to knead, seen also in " dough "; the sense development fr

Lady Honora de See also:

• BURGH [BOURKE, BURKE]
• BURGH, HUBERT DE (d. 1243)

Burgh, by whom he had one son James, who died childless in 1718 . His widow married the duke of Berwick . J . See also:

• TODHUNTER, ISAAC (1820-1884)

Todhunter, See also:

• LIFE

Life of Patrick Sarsfield (See also:

• LONDON

London, 1895) .