Looking forward to the Annual Huguenot Service at St. Patrick’s Cathedral at 3:15pm today. Come and join Irish Section Members and find out about the Society and the benefits of membership.

With just a week to go until our Annual Huguenot Service, we would like to extend a warm invitation to all who would like to come and celebrate with us, in our 40th year of the Irish Section. Please join us on Sunday 5th October at 3:15pm at St Patrick's Cathedral.

It is only a few days until our Annual Huguenot Service at St. Patrick's Cathedral in Dublin. Please come along if you can - everyone is welcome. Members of the Committee will be there to talk to about the Irish Section and what you are able to enjoy by becoming a member. We hope to see you there!

On 20 Sept, the Irish Family History Society is running tutorials on navigating online Irish family history records. The course will be free to paid up members of their society. Non-members may access €10 per module or €40 for all 5 modules. Details on their website www.ifhs.ie

It's just a few weeks until our Annual Huguenot Service at St. Patrick's Cathedral in Dublin. Everyone is welcome - you don't even have to be a member. Sunday 5th October 2025 at 3:15pm. We would appreciate your support.

Some images from our inaugural John Maiben Gilmartin Memorial Lecture which was held at Marsh's Library on 8 July. Very well attended by the Irish Section and Huguenot Society Members who were on a visit from the UK. The lecture was given by Dr Ruth Whelan - 'In the Dungeons of the Chateau D'If'.

A reminder that we still have a few spaces left for our Inaugural John Maiben Gilmartin Memorial Lecture on Tuesday of next week at Marsh's Library in Dublin. Details below - please RSVP to [email protected] to reserve a seat.

We are delighted to announce our first John Maiben Gilmartin Memorial Lecture on 8th July at 2:30pm at Marsh's Library in Dublin. This event is very special for us - occurring is it is in our 40th anniversary year! Details on the poster below - please book a seat as space is limited.

The Huguenot Society is an Associate Member of the Family History Federation, which supports family history worldwide. It is an educational Charity with over 160 member organisations, and their website with useful resources can be found here www.familyhistoryfederation.com

Our latest blog is a piece entitled “Madeleine Barot, 1909 – 95, a Protestant woman of courage and compassion” written by our President, Joyce Hampton. It has been posted to coincide with National Resistance Day in France, which falls on 27 May. See www.huguenotsociety.org.uk/blog

Those interested in getting a peek inside the home of Gothic writer Sheridan Le Fanu, might like to attend the Poetry Slamovision! on 20th May. Le Fanu was of Huguenot descent and lived and wrote his popular works in the house at Merrion Square during the 1800s. ilfdublin.com/whats-on/fes...

We had a great Irish Section AGM yesterday at Marsh’s Library, which was well attended. The lecture by Dr Cormac Chesser was very enlightening. Many thanks to Sue at the team at Marsh’s for making us so welcome.

At our AGM on 26th April, the lecture will be given by Cormac Chesser, and is entitled “The French Protestant Community in Dublin, c. 1680-1740”. The paper will be based on Dr Chesser’s doctoral thesis, and will discuss the community’s formation and the families that were central to the community.

Amitiés Huguenotes Internationales: 20e Réunion de Descendants de Huguenots from Monday 22 to Sunday 28 September 2025. The Réunion will be based in Dijon, and Full programme details, costs, and other information have been circulated to Fellows. www.huguenots.fr/propramme-de...

A convivial moment from the buffet dinner at Lettsom House following the seventh Randolph Vigne Memorial Lecture in November 2024. On the right, Dr Jane McKee, former Chairman of the Irish Section and member of the Huguenot Society Editorial Board, with Vice-President Barbara Julien.

We have news of a discount of 20% off copies of 'Élie Bouhéreau: the collections and communities of a Huguenot' by Amy Boylan & Janée Allsman - the offer price is €40. This is exclusively for attendees at our AGM and lecture on the 26 April at Marsh's Library at 11:00am.

This blue plaque marks the location of the French Church in Lisburn. Established by the refugees arriving in 1698, the community included members of the Crommelin family - central to the production of Linen. Their history lives on, so well worth a visit on a day like today.

We are holding our Irish Section AGM on Saturday 26th April 2025 in Marsh's Library, Dublin. Although this is for members, you are more than welcome to become a member on the day and join us for the AGM and Lecture.

Our Annual Huguenot Service will be taking place on the 5th October at 3:15pm in St. Patricks's Cathedral, Dublin. All are welcome, so please come along and join us on the day.

There is still time to book a place at our next lecture ‘Finance in the Norwich exile community’ which will be given by Professor Christopher Joby on 12 March at the East India Club. Full details, including how to book, can be found here www.huguenotsociety.org.uk #skystorians #huguenots

Interesting article about tracing your Irish Ancestors in 48 hours in Dublin. Marsh’s Library gets a mention. apple.news/AekJufbI8QLO...

Society member Sally Harpur O'Dowd, a descendant of the Chaigneau family, enjoying a recent visit the Huguenot Cemetery in Dublin. A little trip which she describes as both wonderful and highly recommended. Our thanks to John Roche of Dublin City Council for facilitating.

On Monday 10th February, members of the Irish Section of the Huguenot Society of GB & Ireland featured on the RTE Nationwide programme, telling the story of Huguenot refugees who came to Ireland 400 years ago. You can watch it on the link below. Our segment is at 13:45. www.rte.ie/player/serie...

In 2024, a few of our Committee Members took part in filming with reporter John Kilraine, for the Nationwide programme on RTE. The film is about the Huguenots in Ireland and is due to go out on RTE 1 at 7:00pm on Monday 10th February.

Some initial images from our ongoing 'Thread of Home' project, created in partnership with Saint Patrick’s Cathedral, Dublin.

Wishing all of our members all around the world a happy holidays and every success for 2025!