Irish College

Irish Catholics also left the country to pursue military careers in the Flight of the Wild Geese.

The first Irish Colleges were established in Spain in the 1580s under the supervision of the Jesuit priest James Archer, in Salamanca and Madrid .

St. Patrick Irish college of Douai was founded in 1603 by Christopher Cusack,[1] with the support of Philip III of Spain.

[3] Some of the Colleges fell out of use in the late 18th century as the Penal Laws against Roman Catholics in Ireland were relaxed.

The Pontifical Irish College in Rome continues to be used for the education and training of Roman Catholic clergy.

Irish script on the gates of the Pontifical Irish College (Coláisde na nGaedheal), Rome, Italy
Flaithrí Ó Maolchonaire, founder of an Irish College in Madrid
The Pontifical Irish College , Rome, Italy
Colleges at University of Douai
Entrance to the Irish College, Leuven, Belgium. The inscription reads Dochum Glóire Dé agus Ónóra na hÉireann ('For the Glory of God and the Honour of Ireland').