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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
The amount of support received by so many local individuals, companies and organisations since the launch of our fundraising campaign in 2023 has been nothing short of amazing! Thank you all. Special thanks to Adhesives Research Ireland’s Managing Director John Costelloe 🙏🏻 2/2
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We wish to express our gratitude to Limerick-based company Adhesives Research Ireland, a global leader in high-performance custom adhesive tapes for industrial applications, for the €500 donation they have just made to the #SarsfieldHomecoming Project. 1/2
27.11.2025 21:55 — 👍 5 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0
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
19.11.2025 19:59 — 👍 3 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 0🔴 #SarsfieldHomecoming Project News
Last April, as some of you may remember, the Sarsfield Homecoming Project found itself at a turning point… 1/
🔴 #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/
🔴 #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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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...
More coverage of the #SarsfieldHomecoming Project in the Belgian press. Full report about our latest finds here soon…
27.10.2025 11:11 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
The #SarsfieldHomecoming Project is in the Belgian news too this morning! 🇮🇪 🤝 🇫🇷 🤝 🇧🇪 🤝 🇪🇺
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 🙏🏻
26.10.2025 15:49 — 👍 3 🔁 3 💬 1 📌 0
We are now heading back to Huy for what could well be our second last excavation trip, and we will have some good news to report upon our return… Stay tuned!
If you too would like to support the project, please visit our Go Fund Me page:
www.gofundme.com/f/the-sarsfi... 8/8
Furthermore, Guy has since sent Vincent (and soon Antonin) to help us on site with the most physically demanding parts of the work (and all this free of charge). We are therefore extremely grateful to Guy for his honesty, his generosity and genuine passion for the project. 7/8
19.10.2025 14:30 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0Not only did he manage to find last-minute solutions to many issues that arose in the process, but he also negotiated the best prices for us and managed to keep us within budget despite the numerous and costly unexpected problems encountered in the process. 6/8
19.10.2025 14:30 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
Originally hired as a contractor for the difficult operation of removing the 200 tons of soil from the back garden in order to give us access to the remaining part of the site, Guy has proven to be a key supporter of the project. 5/8
19.10.2025 14:30 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
During that same trip, we were also delighted to receive the visit of Guy Zivic and his two young employees Vincent and Antonin. 4/8
19.10.2025 14:30 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0During our last trip, we were therefore glad to be able to welcome on site Alexandria’s parents (Ted and Catherine) and two of her three sisters (Michaela and Georgia) and initiate them to some archaeological techniques! An emotional moment for all. 3/8
19.10.2025 14:30 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
It all started in 2024, when Alexandria developed a keen interest in the project and mobilised some of her classmates from Salesian Secondary College in Pallaskenry to raise funding. After Alex’s untimely passing in April 2024, her whole family continued to support the project… 2/8
19.10.2025 14:30 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
🔴 #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
🔴 #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
🔴 #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
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
03.10.2025 09:47 — 👍 4 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 0
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
24.09.2025 19:22 — 👍 5 🔁 3 💬 1 📌 1
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-...
🚨 #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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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
01.09.2025 10:48 — 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0
🚨 #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
Thank you all! 🙏🏻❤️ www.ilovelimerick.ie/sarsfield-ho...
08.07.2025 12:58 — 👍 6 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
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
06.07.2025 07:08 — 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 1
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The adventure continues! ✊
