Huguenot Cemetery was created between 1710 and 1733 as a cemetery for the

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inhabitants in the city of

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. It is believed to be one of the last two surviving Huguenot graveyards in western Europe.

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About 5,000 Huguenots came to Ireland during the time when they were fleeing religious persecution, following the

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of the

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in their native France. Hundreds of these refugees settled in Cork. In the area of Lumley Street, now known as French Church Street, they built a school, an almshouse and a graveyard. The cemetery is home to the remains of some of the most prominent Huguenots of the city and it is understood that the remains of at least one former

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are held within. The last recorded use of the graveyard for burial was in 1901. The cemetery is a recorded monument. Hugenot Graveyard

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{{reflist Huguenot cemeteries National Monuments in County Cork

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