According to the Jacobite author Nicholas Plunkett, Saint-Ruhe's body was carried off and brought to the town of Loughrea, where it was later interred privately at night at the Carmelite Abbey cemetery. Other accounts suggested that he was buried at Kilcommadan or that his remains were thrown into a bog or left on the field. In folklore The death of Saint-Ruhe gave rise to a great deal of folklore in Galway; a well-known story is that a local sheep farmer and one of his shepherds, angry at having their flock taken by Jacobite soldiers, gave an artillery officer called Trench information enabling them to target the Jacobite general. At the spot where Saint-Ruhe supposedly fell a whitethorn grew, afterwards named "St Ruth's Bush"; a light was said to have been seen dancing around it at night, while visitors took away twigs from it as souvenirs. The site is still marked by a plaque near the Beara-Breifne Way. "St Ruth's Flag" was an irregular black stone in the old graveyard of Kilcommadan, reputed to have marked the place of his burial. Notes References Bibliography Describes year 1710. 17th-century births 1691 deaths 17th-century French military personnel Jacobite military personnel of the Williamite War in Ireland French generals French military personnel killed in action Year of birth unknown