This small railed burial ground is located just off Stephens Green on Merrion row. It is is not open to the public, but arrangements to view can be made with the Parks Department of Dublin City Council to view with advance notice. It is visible through the railings and a tablet on the wall lists 239 surnames of those who are buried here.
The Huguenot cemetery was opened in 1693 and burials took place on the grounds until 1901. Generations of some families were
buried here during the two hundred years that the graveyard was in use. The register from 1732 to 1771 has not survived. Over 300 burials are recorded in the surviving registers but it is thought that more than 600 people were buried here. Only 34 headstones remain and the last burial was in 1901.
The stone surround of the gate is thought to have come from the church at Lucy Lane (Chancery Place), moved here in 1825 when the church was demolished. This church was known as the French Church of the Inns or the French Church of Golblac Lane.
In 1888 the Huguenot society erected a memorial porch at the rear of the plot which gives the impression of a church in the distance. The tablet dedicating it is inscribed “Erected in loving memory of those whose mortal remains have been laid within this cemetery”.
1936 Dublin Corporation took four foot off the Maziére plot to the front of the lot to align the frontage with existing buildings on the row and Yes, the stone plaque above the gate surround is spelled "HUGHENOT". James Logan of Pearse Street had tendered for the job with the correct spelling at £12.00 in 1932 but perhaps Dublin Corporation went with a cheaper quote?
The memorials were transcribed by June Bow & Karen Poff in June 2014
Below two registers in French. Merrion Row burials are annotated as "au Green".
The Huguenot cemetery was opened in 1693 and burials took place on the grounds until 1901. Generations of some families were
buried here during the two hundred years that the graveyard was in use. The register from 1732 to 1771 has not survived. Over 300 burials are recorded in the surviving registers but it is thought that more than 600 people were buried here. Only 34 headstones remain and the last burial was in 1901.
The stone surround of the gate is thought to have come from the church at Lucy Lane (Chancery Place), moved here in 1825 when the church was demolished. This church was known as the French Church of the Inns or the French Church of Golblac Lane.
In 1888 the Huguenot society erected a memorial porch at the rear of the plot which gives the impression of a church in the distance. The tablet dedicating it is inscribed “Erected in loving memory of those whose mortal remains have been laid within this cemetery”.
1936 Dublin Corporation took four foot off the Maziére plot to the front of the lot to align the frontage with existing buildings on the row and Yes, the stone plaque above the gate surround is spelled "HUGHENOT". James Logan of Pearse Street had tendered for the job with the correct spelling at £12.00 in 1932 but perhaps Dublin Corporation went with a cheaper quote?
The memorials were transcribed by June Bow & Karen Poff in June 2014
Below two registers in French. Merrion Row burials are annotated as "au Green".
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