What is recorded here
Charles Chalmont, Marquis de St Ruth, died at Aughrim on July 12, 1691, after leading Jacobite forces through the bloody Williamite wars. He had previously burned Savoy dwellings to collect French taxes and arrived in Ireland with artillery salutes and royal pride. The Galway field where he fell may still hold the shape of that sudden end, a French marquis swallowed by a war he never understood.
Why this person is known: French general (c. 1650-1691)
- Place of death
- Aughrim
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Patrick Hogan Monumentmonument · 114 yd
St. Catherines WellHoly well · 174 yd
Site of AbbeyReligious house, Augustinian canons · 192 yd
Castle (Site of)Castle, Anglo-Norman masonry castle · 200 yd
Battle of Aughrim Interpretative CentreMuseum · 219 yd
Battle of AughrimMajor battlefield · 1164 yd
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Oak WoodWood · 1643 yd
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