Showing posts with label Yarnhall Street. Show all posts
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Thursday 28 March 2019

Mahon Printers and the fabric of society


1. The Huguenots


Dead industries and ways of production linger on in Dublin's street names. Some names reflect the Huguenots who settled here in Ireland, and their descendants in the city's growing middle classes. Many of them came as refugees from France, particularly after the Edict of Nantes was revoked in 1685.