Sarsfield Memorial
Statue · Limerick, County Limerick
Depicts Patrick Sarsfield
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Front, Side. Photo: Gabriel Castilla, CC BY-SA 4.0
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Limerick, County LimerickInscription
TO COMMEMORATE / THE INDOMITABLE ENERGY / AND STAINLESS HONOUR OF / GENERAL PATRICK / SARSFIELD / EARL OF LUCAN / THE HEROIC DEFENDER OF / LIMERICK / DURING THE SIEGES OF / 1690 AND 1691 / DIED / FROM THE EFFECTS OF WOUNDS / RECEIVED AT THE / BATTLE OF LANDEN 1693 / THIS SITE WAS GRANTED BY THE / RIGHT REVD GEORGE BUTLER / LORD BISHOP OF LIMERICK / TO THE TRUSTEES / AMBROSE HALL J.P. / ROBERT V. O BRIEN [?] / WILLIAM SPILLANE J.P. [?] / (the trustees panel runs on below the photo) / Side: THIS MEMORIAL WAS INAUGURATED / BY THE REFORMED CORPORATION IN 1841 / LAY DORMANT WITH SOME SPASMODIC / ATTEMPTS AT RESUSCITATION UNTIL 1875 / WHEN THE MAYOR FOR THAT YEAR / AMBROSE HALL J.P. TOOK THE MATTER UP / AND CONTINUED UNTIL BROUGHT / TO COMPLETION
The names (6)
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General Patrick Sarsfield
GENERAL PATRICK SARSFIELD EARL OF LUCAN
Earl of Lucan; the heroic defender of Limerick during the sieges of 1690 and 1691; died of wounds received at Landen 1693
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Sarsfield Memorial (Limerick, County Limerick, Ireland), Front, line 1, "GENERAL PATRICK SARSFIELD EARL OF LUCAN"; automatically extracted from a photograph, not yet checked; Past on Stone (https://pastonstone.com/name/45130/ : accessed 8 November 2026).
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Right Revd George Butler
RIGHT REVD GEORGE BUTLER LORD BISHOP OF LIMERICK
A benefactor; Lord Bishop of Limerick; granted the site to the trustees
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Sarsfield Memorial (Limerick, County Limerick, Ireland), Front, line 2, "RIGHT REVD GEORGE BUTLER LORD BISHOP OF LIMERICK"; automatically extracted from a photograph, not yet checked; Past on Stone (https://pastonstone.com/name/45131/ : accessed 8 November 2026).
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Ambrose Hall J.P.
AMBROSE HALL J.P.
Trustee
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Sarsfield Memorial (Limerick, County Limerick, Ireland), Front, line 3, "AMBROSE HALL J.P."; automatically extracted from a photograph, not yet checked; Past on Stone (https://pastonstone.com/name/45132/ : accessed 8 November 2026).
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R. V. O Brien
ROBERT V. O BRIEN [?]
Trustee
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Sarsfield Memorial (Limerick, County Limerick, Ireland), Front, line 4, "ROBERT V. O BRIEN [?]"; automatically extracted from a photograph, not yet checked; Past on Stone (https://pastonstone.com/name/45133/ : accessed 8 November 2026).
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William Spillane J.P.
WILLIAM SPILLANE J.P. [?]
Trustee
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Sarsfield Memorial (Limerick, County Limerick, Ireland), Front, line 5, "WILLIAM SPILLANE J.P. [?]"; automatically extracted from a photograph, not yet checked; Past on Stone (https://pastonstone.com/name/45134/ : accessed 8 November 2026).
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Ambrose Hall J.P.
AMBROSE HALL J.P.
Erected it; Mayor of Limerick; the Mayor for 1875, who took the matter up and continued until brought to completion
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Sarsfield Memorial (Limerick, County Limerick, Ireland), Side, line 6, "AMBROSE HALL J.P."; automatically extracted from a photograph, not yet checked; Past on Stone (https://pastonstone.com/name/45135/ : accessed 8 November 2026).
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