Welcome to the La Touche Legacy website and we hope you find the
content both informative and helpful. The La Touche Legacy is now in its 24th year and over the years has grown to become an integral part of Greystones and Delgany.
Some of the main reasons for the development of the La Touche Legacy was to give recognition to the contribution of the La Touche Family to Ireland and
Greystones/Delgany. Read More
JONES PAYS TRIBUTE TO JOE HAYES
Co-founder of the La Touche Legacy
The death took place of the FormerCountyWicklowLibrarian Joe Hayes this week, Fine Gael Councillor paid tribute to the man that was so associated with Greystones life.Cllr Jones said “I first became involved with Joe when I was elected toWicklowCountyCouncil in 1979 and worked with him on the Library Committee developing the library service inCountyWicklow.
Joe a Tipperary born public servant came to Wicklow from the Mayo Library service and spent 28 years as head of County Wicklow Library service, during his period he saw the merging of the Bray and County Wicklow service and the general development of the Council service in out Towns, Villages and mobile service.
In 1988 Joe along with myself and the Late Comm. Jim Brennan started the La Touche Legacy Committee with the twin aims of honouring the La Touche family contribution toIrelandand the local area and promoting Greystones .
Cllr Jones said “ Joe’s work was very important but equally important was his family, he was a devoted husband to the late Grace and great father –grand father to his children and 17 grand children,”
"Joe gave of his best to the library service, to his family, local Church and of course the wider community, we have all lost a great friend"
Ar dheis Dé go raibh a anam
The La Touche Legacy launches three new initiatives on the
7th March 2012 At a launch in Greystones Library on Wednesday 7th March the Chairman of the La Touche Legacy Committee Cllr George Jones announced three major initiatives for the coming months to be undertaken by the Legacy in association with other groups in the Town.
LAUNCH 2 - BOOK ON BUILT ENVIRONS OF GREYSTONES TOWN►Click
LAUNCH 3 - CELEBRATION OF BLOOMS DAY JUNE 16th► Click
The 23rd Annual La Touche Legacy Conference was heralded as an outstanding success. Last years conference held from the 30th September to the 2nd October has been recognised as an outstanding success with a wide range of speakers and topics covered to discuss this years theme - Local Democracy - A Vision for the Future. Read More
The La Touche Family in Ireland - A Wonderful Gift for any occassion This book of over 400 pages containing over 40 pictures half of them printed in full colour and is available in paperback.
The book represents a major research effort on the part of the author, Michael McGinley. The main narrative traces the history of the great Irish Huguenot family, from its antecedents in France through its "golden era" in Ireland, a period which lasted 150 years from the arrival in 1689 of David Digues la Touche to fight for King William at the Boyne.
The author then chronicles the decline of the family in Ireland and the dispersal of the different branches throughout the world. He has managed to access an impressive assembly of family papers from the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, including letters and diaries, as well as contemporary civil and religious records, newspaper reports and a wide range of highly regarded sources. This is an authoritative work and is unlikely to be displaced as the definitive history of one of our most important Irish Ascendancy families.
The book is published by the La Touche Legacy committee and copies may be obtained from George Jones Chairman La Touche Legacy Committee 2875678 or emailgjjones@eircom.net
The La Touche Legacy is delighted that the long awaited refurbishment of the Greystones Library is complete and its extension offers panoramic views of the coastline whilst offering a perfect area for quiet reflection and study......
Newly Refurbished Library with La Touche Legacy Heritage Area .... Read More
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