Huguenot cemetery, Dublin
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The Huguenot Cemetery in Dublin is a small cemetery near St. Stephen's Green, beside the Shelbourne Hotel dating from 1693.[1] Although often described as being on the green, it is actually on the north side of Merrion Row, a small street linking St. Stephen's Green with Upper Merrion Street and Ely Place.
Those buried there are descendants of Huguenots who fled persecution in France followong the revocation of the Edict of Nantes which had guaranteed religious freedom. The Huguenots quickly established a thriving community in Dublin and elsewhere in Ireland based on their skills in textiles, watchmaking and finance. Within a short time they had become an integral part of the commercial and civic life of Dublin.
The cemetery is not open to visitors, though it is visible through the railings and a list of 239 surnames of those buried is inscribed on the wall plaque to the left. These include Becquett (relatives of Samuel Beckett) and Dubedad. Jean-Paul Pittion, one of the editors of The Hugenots in Ireland, an Anatomy of an Emigration was instrumental in having the cemetery restored, which by the late 1970's had fallen into a serious state of disrepair.[citation needed]
[edit] Reference
- ^ http://www.lisburn.com/books/huguenots/bishoppoyntz.html (retrieved 20 August 2006)
[edit] External links
- The cemetery is visible between the west end of Merrion Row and a point opposite a lane off Merrion Row
- Photo of cemetery
- Photo of cemetery
- Photo of plaque of surnames
- Transcription of plaque of surnames
[edit] Reference
The Hugenots in Ireland, an Anatomy of an Emigration CEJ Caldicott, H. Goough, JP Pittion, 1987 Published by Glendale Press.
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