This talk takes place at Portumna Castle Gallery (H53 N7DO) on Sunday October 8th @3pm
FREE admission but booking is advised as places may be limited.
For bookings: Phone 046 9422900 or email portumnacastle@opw.ie
Abstract: In 1691, after having fought bravely against the army of William of Orange, Patrick Sarsfield negotiated the Treaty of Limerick and left Ireland, with thousands of Irish Jacobite soldiers who became known as the Wild Geese. Most of these soldiers, including Sarsfield himself, joined the army of the King of France, Louis XIV, and continued the fight against William of Orange and his allies on the continent. It’s there, in what is nowadays Belgium, that Patrick Sarsfield died in the service of France in 1693.
In October 2020, Dr Loïc Guyon decided to launch the Sarsfield Homecoming Project with one objective: to try locate, identify and bring back to Ireland the remains of Irish national hero Patrick Sarsfield.
Dt. Luíc Guyon’s bio: Honorary Consul of France in Limerick, Chevalier de l’Ordre national du mérite et de l’Ordre des Palmes académiques, Project Leader of the Sarsfield Homecoming Project, former President of AMOPA Irlande (Association des Membres de l’Ordre des Palmes Académiques en Irlande), Associate Member of the CÉRÉDI (Université de Rouen-Normandie) and Member of EVA International’s Business Sub-Committee. Specialist of Nineteenth-Century French Literature and Culture. Former President of ADEFFI (Association des Etudes Françaises et Francophones d’Irlande) and former Secretary of the Society of Dix-Neuviémistes. Former Member of the MLPSI (Modern Languages in Primary Schools Initiative) Management Committee.