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A brief history of the Sarsfield Families in Ireland by Norman and Brian Sarsfield
This history concerns two branches of the Sarsfield Family - a Dublin (or Lucan) branch and a Cork
branch. A Family Tree exists which traces their lineage (rather uncertainly at first) from their first recorded
appearances in Ireland in the late twelfth century to modern times. There is evidence that it was
commissioned by a member of the Cork branch (perhaps living in exile in France) from the English College
of Heralds in the late eighteenth century. This has been brought up to date as far as possible and greatly
expanded by recent research. The original, together with family papers dating back to early times, was the property of Thomas Herrick Sarsfield of Mallow in County Cork, head of the Cork branch, and all are now in the National Library in Dublin.
While this history deals almost entirely with these two branches, it should be noted that in later centuries, scattered world-wide, there were other Sarsfield families and it is not always known if, or in what way, they are related to the families described herein.
The authors are engaged in an ongoing project to collect as much information as possible on these other families in order to connect as many as possible to the 'Main' tree. We already have a number of other
Sarsfield family trees that one day, hopefully, will be linked to the main one. Any information on Sarsfield ancestors and descendants in the male line prior to 1900 (see Background Notes), irrespective of their
origins, and copies of other Sarsfield Family Trees would be welcomed by the authors.
The main Sarsfield Family Tree, referred to above, is available from the authors in Gedcom format, to
anyone with Sarsfield connections in their own family.
The History includes Background Notes and our contact email addresses on Page 18. Before printing this document, it is recommended that you either re-set the left and right margins to 9mm in Page Setup for
Portrait mode (preferred), or set your printer to Landscape.
Please Note: The intellectual copyright of this History is vested with the authors. Neither the Family Trees nor this History may be distributed, sold, published on a website or in any other form, in part or in entirety, or used in any other way for trade or profit, without the prior written permission of the authors having first been obtained.
Go to Background Notes Go to History on Page 2
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