Inventor

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In this episode, a recording of a paper by Raymond Hilton from Virginia Union University entitled "The Portarlington Anomaly: The French Midlands Enclave and its Inventors."

Of all the many immigrant concentrations that have sprung up in different parts of Ireland, none has generated the fascination and mystery equal to the town of Portarlington.

This Midlands Huguenot enclave is an anomaly which is still poorly understood by many, despite years of scholarly research.