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Ireland's Huguenots and Their Refuge, 1662-1745: An Unlikely Haven

Ireland's Huguenots and Their Refuge, 1662-1745: An Unlikely Haven

Hylton, Raymond

Paperback

General ChristianityImmigration & RefugeesIrish History

ISBN10: 1902210794
ISBN13: 9781902210797
Publisher: Liverpool University Press
Published: Sep 1 2013
Pages: 240
Weight: 0.75
Height: 0.60 Width: 6.00 Depth: 8.90
Language: English
Of the nearly 200,000 Huguenots whose consciences compelled them to leave France during the 17th and 18th centuries, some 10,000 chose to settle in that most unlikely of refuges-Ireland. The story of why and how these most ardent of Protestant believers found themselves in this most fervently Catholic of islands is one of history's great paradoxes. This book explores this question and attempts to reveal precisely who these Huguenots were, what they contributed to and received from their adopted land, and why Huguenot ancestry is so respected and prized even among devout Irish Catholics. The true chronicle of Ireland's Huguenots is, in opposition to the narrow misrepresentations of the past, one of extraordinary richness and variety, as befits an ethnic group whose influence permeated every nook of Irish life and society.

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