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The first Irish Colleges were established in Spain in the 1580s under the supervision of the Jesuit priest James Archer, in Salamanca and Madrid. There were several early Irish Colleges in Southern Netherlands. St. Patrick Irish college of Douai was founded in 1603 by Christopher Cusack, [1] with the support of Philip III of Spain.
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The Irish College of St Anthony, in Leuven, Belgium (Irish: Coláiste na nGael i Lobháin, Latin: Hibernorum Collegii S. Antonii de Padua Lovanii, French: Collège des Irlandais à Louvain and Dutch: Iers College Leuven), has been a centre of Irish learning on the European Continent since the early 17th century.
The National University of Ireland (NUI) (Irish: Ollscoil na hÉireann) is a federal university system of constituent universities (previously called constituent colleges) and recognised colleges set up under the Irish Universities Act 1908, [3] and significantly amended by the Universities Act, 1997.
Irish Colleges were set up on the continent following the Reformation, and the introduction of Anti-Catholic Penal Laws in Ireland. A number of colleges were set up in France, Spain, Portugal(which was under the Spanish Monarchy at the time), Italy, and Belgium(particularly when under Spanish control as the Spanish Netherlands), under the patronage of Catholic Monarchs, and the Papacy.
Irish college may refer to: Irish colleges, immersive Irish-language courses run during the summer; Irish Colleges, centers for educating Irish Catholic clergy;
Universities and colleges in the Republic of Ireland (29 C, 55 P) Defunct universities and colleges in Ireland (2 C, 3 P) People by university or college in Ireland (6 C)
Pages in category "Irish-language schools and college" The following 21 pages are in this category, out of 21 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.