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Huguenot Links -- Ireland:

The following sites are listed in no particular order. If you know of other sites which should be included here, please contact the list administrator (see address below).

~ http://www.lisburn.com/books/huguenots/huguenots.html -- five chapters of the book The Huguenots of Lisburn: The Story of the Lost Colony by E. Joyce Best, edited & compiled by Kathleen Rankin (Lisburn Historical Society 1997). Two appendices include: A Selection of Names of the Huguenots of Lisburn and also: Intermarriages in the First and Second Generations between Huguenots. There is also a bibliography and two sections of photographs.

~ http://scripts.ireland.com/ancestor/magazine/articles/ifhs_huguenot2.htm -- Irish Ancestors website has information titled Huguenot Occupations, from an article originally published in Irish Family History, a journal of the Irish Family History Society (volume Xlll 1997). Many surnames listed with accompanying occupations.

~ http://www.rootsweb.com/~fianna/surname/hug1.html -- The FIANNA (Irish Genealogy) site lists many surnames from the book Huguenot Families by John O'Hart (published Dublin,1892). There are three separate tables (1643, 1643-1714 and Persons Naturalized).

~ http://ireland.iol.ie/~offaly/stpauls.htm -- History of Saint Paul's, the French Church at Portarlington , Co. Laois, which held celebrations in 1996 to commemorate the 300 year anniversary of its founding. Includes a photo of the church, as well as the original registers book, begun in 1694. Other information includes: books, video, how to contact current Rector of the church, and more.

~ http://www.frenchchurch.freeserve.co.uk/index.html -- Books about Portarlington (Frenchchurch Press) website, which explains that Portarlington is a "town straddling Counties Laois and Offaly (formerly Queen's County & King's County) in Ireland.....in 1694 it became the home to a substantial Huguenot settlement: ie. French Protestants, with names such as Blanc, Camelin, Champ, Champagné, Des Voeux, Lalande, Micheau, Pilot, Vignoles, and the French church is still in use today". Includes photos or Portarlington, list of books avilable, links to other sites. Note that this is a commercial website and including it here does not an imply an endorsement or recommendation.

~ http://www.xroyvision.com.au/singleton/singtext/text2.htm -- Short description of the Huguenot settlement established 1590 in the village of Swords near Dublin, Ireland, noted for linen manufacturing.

~ http://home.att.net/~cmlabath/huguenotpensioners.htm -- list of names from Irish Pensioners of William III's Huguenot Regiments, 1702. An alternate site where this same list can be found is at http://www.celticcousins.net/ireland/huguenotpensioners.htm.

~ http://www.local.ie/content/27567.shtml -- Huguenot Settlement in Ireland. Includes a surname list. This is part of a site called Localireland. Information on each of the Irish counties can be selected. There is also a genealogy section at http://www.local.ie/genealogy/.

If you are interested in addresses and/or organizations for Huguenot research in Ireland, please click here: Organizations & Addresses: Ireland.

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