🔴 #SarsfieldHomecoming Project Update

Just back from another trip to Huy during which we continued our excavation of the site… 1/

On our way back from another very productive trip to Huy, we just found out that the #SarsfieldHomecoming Project and general Clancy’s visit to the site last October are the subject of a great article by Lt Col Conor Gorey in the latest edition of “An Cosantóir”, the magazine of the Defence Forces!

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

This Wednesday, 29 October, at MIC 👇

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.

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.

The Wild Geese of Brittany… Don’t miss this event next Wednesday at Mary Immaculate College, Ireland. It’s free and open to all but registration via the online form (see link below) is compulsory…

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

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

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...

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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Honoured to attend once again the now annual ceremony of the revival of the Eternal Flame under the Arc de Triomphe in memory of the Irish who fought for France… 1/3

A thousand thanks to all on behalf of Alliance Française de Limerick and the Festival’s Organising Committee: Michelle Daly-Hayes, Loïc Guyon, Lorna & Randel Hodkinson and Paul O’Brien 🙏🏻 🇮🇪 🇫🇷

📸 Deirdre Power

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Thanks finally to Mayor John Moran and Ambassador of France Céline Place for honouring some of our events with their presence… /10

Thanks also to our volunteer Nathan Harahan and for the fantastic work done for us by Rocky O’Shea & team, George Casey Catering, Aislinn Kelly, Keith Wiseman, Kieran Ryan-Benson Photography and Brendan Gleeson… /9

… Jason Cooke (Karve Design), Canon Gerard Garrett, Tom O’Brien, Tom Cassidy, Matt Kennedy, Garry Jackson, Leading Signs, Deirdre Power and Dermot Lynch… /8

… the 12th Infantry Battalion and Band 1 of the Defence Forces, the French Foreign Legion Association of Ireland, Mick Purcell, the Limerick road traffic team of An Garda Síochána the Limerick branch of the Royal British Legion Republic of Ireland, Post 6 of the IUNVA, J. Hodkinson & Sons… /7

… En Garde, Limerick & Clare Wine Lovers Club, Garryowen Residents Association, Garryowen Community Development Project, The Gathering, The Moose Bar, The Curraghgower Singers, CurraghChase Garden Centre, The Hunt Museum, the Patrick Sarsfield branch of the ONE Veterans… /6

… The Commercial, Mother Macs Public House, Fleming Medical Ltd., The French Table, LM - Limerick Museum, Bon Appétit - Crêperie & Catering, Limerick Opera Festival, Limerick School of Music, Saint Mary's Cathedral, Limerick, Saint Marys Parish Men's Shed, Scoil Ui Ruairc, St. Mary's Prize Band… /5

Our festival wouldn’t have been the same without the generous support of the following local organisations, businesses and individuals whom we wish to thank from the bottom of our heart: No. 1 Pery Square Hotel & Spa, O'Briens Wine, Ballygowan, Thomond Gate Limerick Whiskey, Mickey Martins… /4

We were delighted this year to welcome three new official sponsors in Mary Immaculate College, Ireland, Moët Hennessy and Bus Éireann/TFI - Transport for Ireland… /3

We’d like to express our gratitude to all our official sponsors without whom none of it would have been possible: the LCCC (through its Festivals & Events Grant Scheme), the Embassy of 🇫🇷 in 🇮🇪, Heavey Technology, the University of Limerick, & Conradh Na Gaeilge Luimneach, our regular sponsors... 2/

That’s a wrap! The 2025 Limerick Wild Geese Festival concluded last Sunday evening. About 2,000 people attended over 5 days what was the festival’s 6th edition… 1/

Thank you to Ambassador Céline Place and to Pat Kenny for talking about our festival yesterday on Newstalk on the occasion of Bastille Day! Listen back to the full interview with Ambassador Place here 👇

link.goloudplayer.com/s/pGnF3llVrOv0

Statement from Loïc Guyon, founder of the Limerick Wild Geese Festival…

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Some beautiful photos taken by Keith Wiseman at our event at the LPYMA on Friday 4 June. Thank you again to Heavey Technology for ths wonderful gift to Limerick! Check out this great article by @ilovelimerick.bsky.social to find out more about the event 👇

www.ilovelimerick.ie/rare-jacobit... 1/2

#ThrowbackThursday A look back at one of the brilliant performances as part of our #TwilightThursdays Hennessy Cypher Trail with rapper MuRLi accompanied by Meadhbh Hayes at The Commercial

2025 annual flag-raising ceremonyThe “European anthem” (Ode to Joy) performed by Band 1 of the Defence Forces 🇪🇺 Video courtesy of Dermot Lynch

2025 annual flag-raising ceremonyThe Marseillaise performed by Band 1 of the Defence Forces 🇫🇷 Video courtesy of Dermot Lynch

Superb Marseillaise by DF Band 1 during this year’s ceremony commemorating the Flight of the Wild Geese & celebrating the friendship between 🇮🇪 and 🇫🇷! Merci to Comdt Fergal Carroll & his band members. The French tricolour was proudly raised by Thomas Sheehan (French Foreign Legion Association of 🇮🇪).