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The Dominican Order (Order of Preachers) has been present in Ireland since 1224 when the first foundation was established in Dublin, a monastic settlement north of the River Liffey, where the Four Courts is located today. This was quickly followed by Drogheda (also 1224), Kilkenny (1225), Waterford (1226), Limerick (1227) and Cork (city) (1229). The order was reestablished in the 19th century after having been driven out in the 17th century by laws against Catholic religious orders. During the Penal Laws, as other Irish Colleges were established on the continent, in 1633 the Irish Dominicans established, the College of Corpo Santo, Lisbon[1][2] and College of the Holy Cross, Louvain (1624-1797)[3] to train clergy for ministering in Ireland. San Clemente al Laterano in Rome, was entrusted to the Irish Dominicans in 1677.[4] In 1855, St. Mary's Priory, Tallaght,[5] was established to train members of the order, who would complete their clerical studies in Rome and be ordained in the Basilica San Clemente.
- ^ History - Irish Dominicans in Portugal, www.irishdominicansinportugal.com
- ^ Irishmen Ordained at Lisbon, 1740-1850 by Hugh Fenning, O.P., Collectanea Hibernica, No. 36/37 (1994/1995), pp. 140-158 (19 pages), Published By: Franciscan Province of Ireland.
- ^ Irish Dominicans at Louvain before 1700: A Biographical Register by Hugh Fenning, O.P., Collectanea Hibernica, No. 43 (2001), pp. 112-160 (51 pages), Published By: Franciscan Province of Ireland.
- ^ Irish footsteps echo in Rome's past Faith Matters, Irish News, May 20, 2021.
- ^ "Priory". St. Mary's Priory Tallaght. Retrieved 23 June 2022.