There was a large Huguenot population in Dublin. After the revocation of the Edict of Nantes, the protestant French were forced to leave France and a large population settled in Dublin, where they carried on their trade of mainly cloth and silver/goldsmithing. Peter Furney Windsor Berks UK -----Original Message----- From: Darcy & Larry [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: 27 May 1999 00:39 To: [email protected] Subject: [FIANNA-L] 1777 Dublin French section? I ordered a film from FHL and it contained on it a description of Dublin various lists of organizations andit's memmbers and included in this film was a section in Latin and in French . Presumably about a french area in Dublin? The time period included a list of Dublin goldsmiths from 1777. Any clues about this passage in french? Anyone hear of a french section in Dublin? DArcy