Sarsfield Homecoming Project
@sarsfieldhome.bsky.social
Project launched in 2020 aiming to locate and repatriate to Ireland the remains of national hero Patrick Sarsfield. Project Director: Dr Loïc Guyon @francemidwest.bsky.social
Visit the project’s Go Fund Me page for more info: https://gofund.me/6e91cda6
Visit the project’s Go Fund Me page for more info: https://gofund.me/6e91cda6
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FINDING SARSFIELD PILOT
YouTube video by Liam McGrath
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First trailer of a TV documentary dedicated to the project and produced by Scratch Films for RTÉ! Filming began in September 2023 and will end… when the project ends! Very grateful to Liam McGrath for his interest in our work.
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First trailer of a TV documentary dedicated to the project and produced by Scratch Films for RTÉ! Filming began in September 2023 and will end… when the project ends! Very grateful to Liam McGrath for his interest in our work.
youtu.be/fEodMunCfrM
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Today I had the pleasure of meeting with Garry Jackson at Cathedral Place to have a look at the great work done by the Limerick City & County Council around the pedestal of the statue of Patrick Sarsfield. 1/6
November 19, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Today I had the pleasure of meeting with Garry Jackson at Cathedral Place to have a look at the great work done by the Limerick City & County Council around the pedestal of the statue of Patrick Sarsfield. 1/6
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🔴 #SarsfieldHomecoming Project News
Last April, as some of you may remember, the Sarsfield Homecoming Project found itself at a turning point… 1/
Last April, as some of you may remember, the Sarsfield Homecoming Project found itself at a turning point… 1/
November 12, 2025 at 5:03 PM
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Last April, as some of you may remember, the Sarsfield Homecoming Project found itself at a turning point… 1/
Last April, as some of you may remember, the Sarsfield Homecoming Project found itself at a turning point… 1/
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🔴 #SarsfieldHomecoming Project Update
Following the discovery of a coin which seemed to represent shamrocks on the site in Huy last month, I sent pictures of the find to two Belgian numismatic experts and to the museum of the national bank of Belgium… 1/
Following the discovery of a coin which seemed to represent shamrocks on the site in Huy last month, I sent pictures of the find to two Belgian numismatic experts and to the museum of the national bank of Belgium… 1/
November 9, 2025 at 4:25 PM
🔴 #SarsfieldHomecoming Project Update
Following the discovery of a coin which seemed to represent shamrocks on the site in Huy last month, I sent pictures of the find to two Belgian numismatic experts and to the museum of the national bank of Belgium… 1/
Following the discovery of a coin which seemed to represent shamrocks on the site in Huy last month, I sent pictures of the find to two Belgian numismatic experts and to the museum of the national bank of Belgium… 1/
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Here is a full report in two parts of our work in Huy last week (19-24 October)…
PART 1 - PRESERVING THE PAST & MAKING NEW DISCOVERIES
Our first day of work was all about preserving the site for future generations of researchers and protecting our recent finds.
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Here is a full report in two parts of our work in Huy last week (19-24 October)…
PART 1 - PRESERVING THE PAST & MAKING NEW DISCOVERIES
Our first day of work was all about preserving the site for future generations of researchers and protecting our recent finds.
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October 29, 2025 at 9:22 AM
🔴 #SarsfieldHomecoming Update
Here is a full report in two parts of our work in Huy last week (19-24 October)…
PART 1 - PRESERVING THE PAST & MAKING NEW DISCOVERIES
Our first day of work was all about preserving the site for future generations of researchers and protecting our recent finds.
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Here is a full report in two parts of our work in Huy last week (19-24 October)…
PART 1 - PRESERVING THE PAST & MAKING NEW DISCOVERIES
Our first day of work was all about preserving the site for future generations of researchers and protecting our recent finds.
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Some news of the Sarsfield Homecoming Project… An honour to receive the support of the Defence Forces in our quest to bring back home one of their own!
www.ilovelimerick.ie/sarsfield-ho...
www.ilovelimerick.ie/sarsfield-ho...
Sarsfield Homecoming Project “greatly honoured” with Defence Forces help
Sarsfield Homecoming Project “greatly honoured” with Defence Forces help. General Seán Clancy (center) with Mayor of Huy Christophe Colignon (to his right), Project Director Dr Loïc Guyon (to his left...
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October 28, 2025 at 12:28 PM
Some news of the Sarsfield Homecoming Project… An honour to receive the support of the Defence Forces in our quest to bring back home one of their own!
www.ilovelimerick.ie/sarsfield-ho...
www.ilovelimerick.ie/sarsfield-ho...
More coverage of the #SarsfieldHomecoming Project in the Belgian press. Full report about our latest finds here soon…
October 27, 2025 at 11:11 AM
More coverage of the #SarsfieldHomecoming Project in the Belgian press. Full report about our latest finds here soon…
The #SarsfieldHomecoming Project is in the Belgian news too this morning! 🇮🇪 🤝 🇫🇷 🤝 🇧🇪 🤝 🇪🇺
www.lavenir.net/regions/huy-...
www.lavenir.net/regions/huy-...
La dépouille de Patrick Sarsfield, héros de guerre irlandais, bientôt retrouvée à Huy? "On attend le résultat des analyses ADN" (photos et vidéo)
Le héros irlandais Patrick Sarsfield est mort à Huy en 1693. L'équipe internationale d'archéologues a exhumé plusieurs squelettes à proximité de l'avenue des Fossés. Et probablement celui du général i...
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October 27, 2025 at 9:06 AM
The #SarsfieldHomecoming Project is in the Belgian news too this morning! 🇮🇪 🤝 🇫🇷 🤝 🇧🇪 🤝 🇪🇺
www.lavenir.net/regions/huy-...
www.lavenir.net/regions/huy-...
The #SarsfieldHomecoming Project is in the national news again! Many thanks to Harry Manning for this article. We are all very honoured by the support shown to the project by the Irish Defence Forces and by the Chair of the European Union Military Committee 🙏🏻
Members of the Defence Forces have joined a search for the remains of Patrick Sarsfield in Belgium, as a campaign to try repatriate the Irish war hero back to Ireland enters its final phase.
Defence Force members join search for Sarsfield remains
Members of the Defence Forces have joined a search for the remains of Patrick Sarsfield in Belgium, as a campaign to try repatriate the Irish war hero back to Ireland enters its final phase.
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October 26, 2025 at 3:49 PM
The #SarsfieldHomecoming Project is in the national news again! Many thanks to Harry Manning for this article. We are all very honoured by the support shown to the project by the Irish Defence Forces and by the Chair of the European Union Military Committee 🙏🏻
🔴 #SarsfieldHomecoming Update
Here is the final part of the report on our trip to Huy last month.
Part 3: Visits by Key Supporters
Of all the people who have supported the project, the Fitzgerald family have without a doubt been the most committed… 1/8
Here is the final part of the report on our trip to Huy last month.
Part 3: Visits by Key Supporters
Of all the people who have supported the project, the Fitzgerald family have without a doubt been the most committed… 1/8
October 19, 2025 at 2:30 PM
🔴 #SarsfieldHomecoming Update
Here is the final part of the report on our trip to Huy last month.
Part 3: Visits by Key Supporters
Of all the people who have supported the project, the Fitzgerald family have without a doubt been the most committed… 1/8
Here is the final part of the report on our trip to Huy last month.
Part 3: Visits by Key Supporters
Of all the people who have supported the project, the Fitzgerald family have without a doubt been the most committed… 1/8
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Part 2: Bones... A Strong Contender!
The second part of the report on last week’s archaeological excavations has now been posted as an update on the project's Go Fund Me page, read it all by clicking on the following link: lnkd.in/eveGmEWC
Part 2: Bones... A Strong Contender!
The second part of the report on last week’s archaeological excavations has now been posted as an update on the project's Go Fund Me page, read it all by clicking on the following link: lnkd.in/eveGmEWC
October 8, 2025 at 8:31 AM
🔴 #SarsfieldHomecoming Project Update
Part 2: Bones... A Strong Contender!
The second part of the report on last week’s archaeological excavations has now been posted as an update on the project's Go Fund Me page, read it all by clicking on the following link: lnkd.in/eveGmEWC
Part 2: Bones... A Strong Contender!
The second part of the report on last week’s archaeological excavations has now been posted as an update on the project's Go Fund Me page, read it all by clicking on the following link: lnkd.in/eveGmEWC
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🔴 #Sarsfield Homecoming Project Update
Back from a week during which we resumed the archaeological excavations on the now accessible part of the site which was located beneath the back garden of the house… and we made some exciting discoveries! 1/2
Back from a week during which we resumed the archaeological excavations on the now accessible part of the site which was located beneath the back garden of the house… and we made some exciting discoveries! 1/2
October 6, 2025 at 7:48 AM
🔴 #Sarsfield Homecoming Project Update
Back from a week during which we resumed the archaeological excavations on the now accessible part of the site which was located beneath the back garden of the house… and we made some exciting discoveries! 1/2
Back from a week during which we resumed the archaeological excavations on the now accessible part of the site which was located beneath the back garden of the house… and we made some exciting discoveries! 1/2
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My team and I were greatly honoured to be invited to the European Parliament in Brussels this week by Irish MEP Kathleen Funchion to make a detailed presentation of the Sarsfield Homecoming Project and of its latest developments... 1/3
October 3, 2025 at 9:48 AM
My team and I were greatly honoured to be invited to the European Parliament in Brussels this week by Irish MEP Kathleen Funchion to make a detailed presentation of the Sarsfield Homecoming Project and of its latest developments... 1/3
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Really honoured to be invited to present the #SarsfieldHomecoming Project to Members of the European Parliament next week in Brussels! Many thanks to Irish MEP Kathleen Funchion for her kind invitation. 1/2
September 24, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Really honoured to be invited to present the #SarsfieldHomecoming Project to Members of the European Parliament next week in Brussels! Many thanks to Irish MEP Kathleen Funchion for her kind invitation. 1/2
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Really chuffed to see the #SarsfieldHomecoming Project in today’s Le Figaro, one of the main French daily newspapers! Thank you Luc-Antoine Lenoir for this great article 🙏🏻
www.lefigaro.fr/histoire/le-...
www.lefigaro.fr/histoire/le-...
Le projet fou de rapatrier Patrick Sarsfield, héros national irlandais, mort au service de Louis XIV
Le chef de la «Brigade irlandaise» au service du roi de France serait enterré sous une maison dans un village de Belgique. Des fouilles sont en cours, menées par un expatrié français installé en Irlan...
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September 12, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Really chuffed to see the #SarsfieldHomecoming Project in today’s Le Figaro, one of the main French daily newspapers! Thank you Luc-Antoine Lenoir for this great article 🙏🏻
www.lefigaro.fr/histoire/le-...
www.lefigaro.fr/histoire/le-...
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🚨 #SarsfieldHomecoming Project Breaking News! 🚨
Just back from a trip to Huy to supervise the beginning of the removal of the 200t. of soil from the part of the site remaining to be explored and I am glad to say that ATECS, the company we contracted to do the work, have done a fantastic job!
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Just back from a trip to Huy to supervise the beginning of the removal of the 200t. of soil from the part of the site remaining to be explored and I am glad to say that ATECS, the company we contracted to do the work, have done a fantastic job!
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September 3, 2025 at 10:54 AM
🚨 #SarsfieldHomecoming Project Breaking News! 🚨
Just back from a trip to Huy to supervise the beginning of the removal of the 200t. of soil from the part of the site remaining to be explored and I am glad to say that ATECS, the company we contracted to do the work, have done a fantastic job!
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Just back from a trip to Huy to supervise the beginning of the removal of the 200t. of soil from the part of the site remaining to be explored and I am glad to say that ATECS, the company we contracted to do the work, have done a fantastic job!
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It was great to get to meet Irish Ambassador to France Niall Burgess this morning to brief him on the progress and next steps of the #SarsfieldHomecoming Project… 1/2
September 1, 2025 at 10:49 AM
It was great to get to meet Irish Ambassador to France Niall Burgess this morning to brief him on the progress and next steps of the #SarsfieldHomecoming Project… 1/2
🚨 #SarsfieldHomecoming Project Breaking News! 🚨
Massive preparatory works begin in Huy to enable the archaeological excavations to resume on the still unexplored part of the site where we believe Patrick Sarsfield to be buried!
Read the latest update just posted here👇
gofund.me/3c2ae673
Massive preparatory works begin in Huy to enable the archaeological excavations to resume on the still unexplored part of the site where we believe Patrick Sarsfield to be buried!
Read the latest update just posted here👇
gofund.me/3c2ae673
August 22, 2025 at 8:53 AM
🚨 #SarsfieldHomecoming Project Breaking News! 🚨
Massive preparatory works begin in Huy to enable the archaeological excavations to resume on the still unexplored part of the site where we believe Patrick Sarsfield to be buried!
Read the latest update just posted here👇
gofund.me/3c2ae673
Massive preparatory works begin in Huy to enable the archaeological excavations to resume on the still unexplored part of the site where we believe Patrick Sarsfield to be buried!
Read the latest update just posted here👇
gofund.me/3c2ae673
Thank you all! 🙏🏻❤️ www.ilovelimerick.ie/sarsfield-ho...
Sarsfield Homecoming Project overwhelmed with support from more than 430 donors
Sarsfield Homecoming Project support reaches more than 430 donors following its 2023 launch. Response to the public appeal for support made for the Sarsfield Homecoming Project has been described as [...
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July 8, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Thank you all! 🙏🏻❤️ www.ilovelimerick.ie/sarsfield-ho...
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After the restoration of the gate last year (made by Derek Hannon with the support of Shortts Steel and Donkey Ford’s), further improvements to the Patrick Sarsfield monument at the initiative of the Sarsfield Statue Committee were unveiled yesterday morning during an official ceremony… 1/7
July 6, 2025 at 7:09 AM
After the restoration of the gate last year (made by Derek Hannon with the support of Shortts Steel and Donkey Ford’s), further improvements to the Patrick Sarsfield monument at the initiative of the Sarsfield Statue Committee were unveiled yesterday morning during an official ceremony… 1/7
July 2, 2025 at 7:01 AM
Thank you so much to the Patrick Sarsfield Branch of Óglaigh Náisiúnta na hÉireann ONE for making yet another generous donation to the #SarsfieldHomecoming Project! Fantastic to see the veterans mobilising themselves to help rapatriate one of their own. Your support honours the whole project’s team
June 18, 2025 at 7:13 AM
Thank you so much to the Patrick Sarsfield Branch of Óglaigh Náisiúnta na hÉireann ONE for making yet another generous donation to the #SarsfieldHomecoming Project! Fantastic to see the veterans mobilising themselves to help rapatriate one of their own. Your support honours the whole project’s team
Many thanks to Sean Murphy for this article in the Irish Mirror 🙏🏻
www.irishmirror.ie/news/irish-n...
www.irishmirror.ie/news/irish-n...
Search for hero Irish giant's bones rocked by DNA twist
But the expensive excavation in Belgium could stall without crucial funds
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June 17, 2025 at 11:46 AM
Many thanks to Sean Murphy for this article in the Irish Mirror 🙏🏻
www.irishmirror.ie/news/irish-n...
www.irishmirror.ie/news/irish-n...
Fifth portrait in the #SarsfieldHomecoming Project’s team members series with Maarten Larmuseau and Noah Gaens, both from the University of Leuven (KU Leuven).
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June 17, 2025 at 7:18 AM
Fifth portrait in the #SarsfieldHomecoming Project’s team members series with Maarten Larmuseau and Noah Gaens, both from the University of Leuven (KU Leuven).
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Hoping that someone out there may read this and help us find the funding we need to carry on…
www.rte.ie/news/regiona...
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Setback for Sarsfield repatriation efforts after DNA test
A campaign aimed at repatriating the remains of Irish war hero Patrick Sarsfield back to Ireland has suffered a setback.
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June 12, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Hoping that someone out there may read this and help us find the funding we need to carry on…
www.rte.ie/news/regiona...
www.rte.ie/news/regiona...