 In the event Francis decided to return to Ireland, arriving in time to fight in the Battle of Liscarrol (September 3, 1642), at which another Boyle brother, Lewis, was killed. Meanwhile Robert decided that his health and lack of money ruled out a return to Ireland, and his age made soldiering in Holland an untempting and indeed implausible  prospect.[10]  He therefore decided to accept Marcombes’ offer of hospitality in Geneva, and did not make his way to England until the summer of 1644.