Dermot McCarthy (a priest of the Diocese of Cork),[1] invited by Cardinal François de Sourdis, Archbishop of Bordeaux to set up an Irish College in the city, and affiliated to the University of Bordeaux.
Dr. Thadee O Mahony developed the college, and recognising the support of Anne of Austria (wife of Louis XIII), they renamed the chapel Saint-Anne-la-Royal.
Following the French Revolution students were sent home, and the last rector of the college, Rev.
Martin Glynn, was executed by guillotine during the Reign of Terror on 19 July 1794.
[6] The buildings Collège des Irlandais was situated on rue du Hâ, Bordeaux, and the now demolished Chapelle des Irlandais, place Pey Berland.