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The Quaker faith kept its records separate and apart from those collected by the Church of Ireland or the State. As a result, many of its original records exist and are located in the repositories. | The Quaker faith kept its records separate and apart from those collected by the Church of Ireland or the State. As a result, many of its original records exist and are located in the repositories. | ||
=== Huguenots === | |||
Huguenots, (like the Walloons a century before them) were Protestants who fled France for their very lives, due to religious persecution. Nearly two million converted to the Protestant Reformation movement, they were the victims of brutal measures of government-sponsored massacres (St Bartholomew's Day and etc), imprisonment, torture, property seizures and more. Over 50,000 of them sought religious freedom, after 1685, in the British Isles, with several hundred of them went to Ireland. Over time, most Huguenots easily assimilated themselves into the Church of Ireland or other Protestant religions such as the Presbyterian Church. | |||
Ireland's ruling (Protestants) welcomed these refugees and provided them lands and a safe haven. Some came to Dublin where a small chapel within St Patrick’s Cathedral, was provided them for a place to worship; also a French church was build at Portarlington in County Laois (who were mostly from the City of La Rochelle, France. Still others settled in the townships of Youghal, Waterford, Cork, and Lisburn. | |||
By 1700 there were more than 500 French people living in Portarlington on land which had been granted to the Marquis de Ruvigny by King William. | |||
Some of the French (Huguenot) surnames include: D’Olier (in Dublin), Blanc, Champ, Cobbe, Guerin, Millet, Trench, Le Fanu and Deverell. | |||
Ireland's Huguenots population was quite small, but they were very important to Ireland's development of the textile industry, in the linen manufacture and production of linen, silk and poplin, to the wine and brandy trade and, to the milling industry. They were successful business people, with a strong Calvinist work ethic and their levels of education. | |||
=== Other Churches === | === Other Churches === | ||
Many other denominations have established churches or congregations in Ireland. In the mid-1600s Congregationalists and Baptists first came to Ireland as soldiers under Cromwell. | Many other denominations have established churches or congregations in Ireland. In the mid-1600s Congregationalists and Baptists first came to Ireland as soldiers under Cromwell. Members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints established branches in Ireland by 1850. | ||
Records of other churches are primarily in local custody (except for Latter-day Saint records, which are mainly in Salt Lake City, Utah). Huguenot church records have been published in: | Records of other churches are primarily in local custody (except for Latter-day Saint records, which are mainly in Salt Lake City, Utah). Huguenot church records have been published in: | ||