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Dublin has a French Huguenot Cemetery on Merrion Street, containing 239 graves of French Huguenots who emigrated to Ireland. Considered an important part of Dublin’s identity, this cemetery is a fine example of Franco-Irish friendship…

History of the French Huguenot Cemetery

A cemetery founded in 1693

The French Huguenot Cemetery was founded in 1693 and is dedicated to the community of French Huguenots who lived in Ireland in the 17th century. This community is well known for having fostered Dublin’s economic and demographic growth, but also for having participated in the war effort during the famous Battle of the Boyne in 1690.

At that time, French Huguenots lived in the Temple Bar district. Their combined experience and talents enabled the town to discover new craft techniques such as silk weaving, linen spinning and loom making. Others were more artistically inclined, lending themselves to theater, lutherie, music and opera, while others excelled in architecture and cartography.

Their contribution to Dublin was such that a joint burial ground was laid on Mansion Row, which serves as a Huguenot cemetery.

Visit Dublin’s Huguenot Cemetery

A tribute to a community of French émigrés

Dublin’s Huguenot cemetery is rather modest, and small in size. Nevertheless, the latter has been beautifully landscaped, to pay a fitting tribute to this community that has worked so hard for Dublin.

Here you’ll find an exhaustive list of the 239 people buried here, on engraved stone plaques. A lovely, well-landscaped cemetery.

Here are the names of the 239 people buried there:

Alee, Alancon, Alenet, Allaire, Arman, Armingaud, Aubert, Auduoin, Audoyer, Augier, Balaguner, Bally, Barbat, Barbault, Barnet, Barnier, Barré, Basal, Batier, Bazier, Beaulieu, Bereau, Beranger, Bernard, Bernatre, Bertrant, Boileau, Bonnin, Bourdage, Bourgeau, Bourgeois, Boureau, Brocas, Brocard, Brùguyere, Bruneau, Brunel, Buchese, Blanchard de Feyrae, D’Aubessargues, De Belrieu de Virazel, De Blosset de Loche, Bues, Buisson, Bulleau, Butaud, Canier, Carrier, Casal, Castex, Cavalier, Cayre, Chaigneau, Chapeau, Chaperon, Charles, Charretier, Charrurier, Chateau, Clausel, Coilhot, Coipel, Colbran, Constantin, Courré, Croulliane, Dabzac, Danboix, Daniell, Danjeau, Darassus, Dartis, Daudet, David, Daygue, De Blancons, De Belet, De Brasselay, De Gualy, De Laurier, De Laval, De Lescale, Delon, Desbrisay, Desouches, D’Olier, D’Ortous, Drope, Du Bedat, Dubout, Dutour, Dumaresq, Dumas, Du Moulin, Dupee, Duport, Dupuy, Duval, Engles, Erck, Fabré, Favre, Fauché, Farrange, Fontaine, Fournier, Gagnon, Galan, Ganbond, Gardie, Gau, Gaubert, Gerard, Giadelle, Gignoux, Girard, Gouriveau, Goyer, De Boullanse, De Champlorier, De Saint Mesmin, Gradel, Guibal, Guillen, Guion, Guizot, Hanzard, Hurard, Jervais, Jonglas, Joteau, La Bastide, La Bernard, La Coste, La Faye, Lafont, Lanchereau, Landré, Langlade, La Pierre, La Porte, La Roche, La Salle, Lasatte, Lasserre, Latrobe, Laudreau, Lauray, Laureus, Lautar, La Vallée, Lavau, Lebac, Le Bas, Le Blanc, Leger, Le Gout, Le Grand, Le Presleur, Lesperance, Leveraud, Lime, Lonchant, Loret, Luillet, Lunel, Maisouevre, Malet, Mangin, Marboeuf, Marlande, Martin, Martineau, Masse, Masseau, Maurice, Mauze, Mazel, Maziere, Mercier, Merle, Meteyres, Millier, Mimet, Mingaud, Miot, Mocler, Montgrand, Moreau, Mottett, Nicolas, Niyolas, Noyret, Olivier, Pechels, Peirol, Pellissier, Poey, Pomarede, Quartier, Rambaut, Reboul, Rhedon, Richard, Rieusset, Riotor, Rogier, Romieu, Roque, Roussel, Salee, Sancy, Sanderfert, Sandoz, Sanguinede, Sarrasin, Sermant, Soulier, Tallon, Tardy, Terson, Toineau, Travers, Triboulet, Trinquet, Trullié, Vabres, Vallancey, Vallet, Vidal, Vidouze, Vigneau, Vincens, Vispré, Volpiliere, Janssen de Tudebeuf, La Motte Brocás, Martoly de Montaut, Plantier de Montvert.