Emigration of Irish Weavers

[Christopher]

A number of Irish weavers emigrated to France, Holland, Portugal and Spain in the 1600s. The Protestants settled in France where they received protection from Louis XIV although the Edict of Nantes had been revoked. They also settled in Holland and the Catholics settled in Portugal and Spain where they started businesses.
Source: "A History of the Commercial and Financial Relations between England and Ireland" by Alice Effie Murray which was published in 1970