Richard Maher - The Rescue and Escape of Princess Maria Clementina Sobieska by History Hub

Recording of a paper by Richard Maher from Rathmines College of Further Education and Technological University of Dublin at 'The Irish to the Rescue: the Tercentenary of the Polish Princess Clementina's Escape'. His paper was entitled ‘The Rescue & Escape of Princess Maria Clementina Sobieska.

This seminar was organized on the occasion of the tercentenary of the rescue of the Polish Princess Maria Clementina Sobieska from captivity in Innsbruck in April 1719 by a small group of Irish people and one French woman in a most dramatic fashion.

The rescue itself was retold on the 30 April 2019 and complemented by other perspectives offered by six world-class historians. The seminar commenced with an opening address by Professor Marian Lyons (NUIM) and was followed by papers from Dr Declan Downey (UCD), Dr Jarosław Pietrzak (University of Poznań), Dr Eamonn Ó Ciardha (UU), Dr Aneta Markuszewska (University of Warsaw), Professor Edward Corp (Université Toulouse), Ms Estelle Gittins (TCD), Richard Maher (Rathmines College / TU Dublin).

This example of Franco-Irish-Polish cooperation was generously sponsored by The Embassy of the Republic of Poland in Dublin; the Embassy of France in Ireland; the Alliance Française Dublin; Rathmines College of Further Education; The Technological University of Dublin.

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