Viscount Sarsfield, of Kilmallock, was a title in the

Peerage of Ireland The Peerage of Ireland consists of those titles of nobility created by the English monarchs in their capacity as Lord or King of Ireland, or later by monarchs of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. It is one of the five divisi ...

. It was created in 1627 for Sir Dominick Sarsfield, 1st Baronet,

Chief Justice of the Irish Common Pleas The chief justice of the Common Pleas for Ireland was the presiding judge of the Court of Common Pleas in Ireland, which was known in its early years as the Court of Common Bench, or simply as "the Bench", or "the Dublin bench". It was one of the s ...

.Ball, F. Elrington ''The Judges in Ireland 1221–1921'' John Murray London 1926 He had already been created a Baronet, of Carrickleamlery, in the

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in 1619. The second Viscount converted to the

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faith, and is chiefly remembered for sheltering his cousin

William Tirry William Tirry OSA (1609 – 12 May 1654) was an Irish Roman Catholic priest of the Order of Saint Augustine. He suffered martyrdom in Clonmel in the context of the Cromwellian conquest of Ireland. Pope John Paul II beatified him in 1992. Life T ...

, the

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. The titles were forfeited in 1691 by the fourth Viscount for his part in the

Williamite war in Ireland The Williamite War in Ireland (1688–1691; ga, Cogadh an Dá Rí, "war of the two kings"), was a conflict between Jacobite supporters of deposed monarch James II and Williamite supporters of his successor, William III. It is also called th ...

. His brother and heir thereby lost any claim to the title. As often at the time, the family was divided in religion: the first Viscount was a Protestant, but the second and fourth were Roman Catholics. The title was often cited as "Sarsfield of

Kilmallock Kilmallock () is a town in south County Limerick, Ireland, near the border with County Cork. There is a Dominican Priory in the town and King's Castle (or King John's Castle). The remains of medieval walls which encircled the settlement are sti ...

", and since Sarsfield is a common name in Ireland the holder was often called "Lord Kilmallock" for convenience.

Viscounts Sarsfield (1627)

Dominick Sarsfield, 1st Viscount Sarsfield Dominick Sarsfield, 1st Viscount Sarsfield of Kilmallock (c. 15701636) was an Irish peer and judge who became Chief Justice of the Irish Common Pleas, but was removed from office for corruption and died in disgrace. Early history Dominick Sarsfie ...

(died 1636) *William Sarsfield, 2nd Viscount Sarsfield (died 1648) *David Sarsfield, 3rd Viscount Sarsfield (died 1687) *

Dominick Sarsfield, 4th Viscount Sarsfield Dominick Sarsfield, 4th Viscount Sarsfield (died 1701) was an Irish aristocrat and supporter of the Jacobite cause during the Williamite War in Ireland. Part of a prominent Roman Catholic family of Old English descent (although the first Vis ...

(died 1701)

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Sarsfield Forfeited viscountcies in the Peerage of Ireland Noble titles created in 1627