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Pontifical Irish College : Ireland and Italy

12/02/2012

The Counter-Reformation, Council of Trent (1545-63), an ecumenical council of the Roman Catholic Church, held three sessions in Trento, Italy. Part of its recommendations was for seminaries to be established for the training and education of aspirants to the priesthood. Their aim was to provide a Catholic clerical elite who would spearhead the Counter-Reformation in Ireland. The first Irish college was founded under the patronage of Philip II at Salamanca in 1592. In 1611 twelve Irish Colleges existed in…

Ireland and Russia: Irish Soldiers and Crown Jewels

11/22/2012

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Connections between Ireland and Russia date back to the time of Irish Brigades and regiments in Europe. After the Cromwellian conquest of Ireland in 1649, Irish fighting men left in their thousands and Irish regiments became a feature of the armies of Spain and France in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. They became integrated in their countries of adoption and many left their mark at the highest levels of military, political and civil institutions in Europe and well beyond….