There are reasons to be optimistic that the remains of Irish war hero Patrick Sarsfield will be identified, writes Clodagh ...

The supporters of the deposed King James VII and II became known as Jacobites. King William wanted Jacobite clans to swear loyalty to him but this led to rebellion. In 1689, Scottish supporters of ...

He turn'd him right and round about, Upon the Irish shore, And gae his bridle ... The song is inspired by the failed Jacobite uprising of 1745, lead by Prince Charles Edward Stuart (1720 - 1788).