An annotated list of Irish students at the University of Valladolid, 1585-1781

[ 1 ]   D i e g o   d e   O e l y ,   G a l w a y   ( ? )

James Doely (?) (Seámas Doleigh), a native of Galway [name of town crossed out]

• 2 Aug 1585. Bachelor’s Degree in Arts. AUVa LIB-195, fol 190r

[ 2 ]   J u a n   y   F e r n a n ,   D i o e c e s i s   T u a m e n s i s   ( a l s o   T o m e n s i s )

John Hiffernan (Seaán Ó hIfearnáin), Diocese of Tuam

• 11 Nov 1587. Bachelor's Degree in Arts. AUVa LIB-195, fol 220r
• 17 Dec 1588. Medicine. AUVa LIB-33, fol 60v
• 26 Apr 1591. Bachelor's Degree in Medicine. AUVa LIB-194, fol 58v (also AUVa LIB-202, fol 4r)

[ 3 ]   G u [ i ] d i e l m o   S i l i b

William Sylib (?) (Uilleam Ó Súilleabh?), Diocese of Ross

• 19 Nov 1588. Canons. AUVa LIB-33, fol 14r

[ 4 ]   C o r n e l i o   R e g u e n   ( a l s o   R i [ e ] g u e n ) ,   D i o e c e s i s   R o s s e n s i s

Conor, or Cornelius, Regan (Conchubhar Ó Riagáin), Diocese of Ross

• 18 Nov 1588. Logic. AUVa LIB-33, fol 53r (also 12 Dec 1588. Logic. AUVa LIB-33, fol 54r)
• 21 Jan 1589. Canons. AUVa LIB-33, fol 15v

[ 5 ]   R i c a r d o   B i t e o   ( a l s o   R e c a r d o   d e   V i t i o ) ,   D i o c e s i s   d e   L i s b o r

Richard White (Riocard, or Risteard, de Faoit), Diocese of Lismore

• 19 Nov 1588. Logic. AUVa LIB-33, fol 53r (also 12 Dec 1588. Logic. AUVa LIB-33, fol 54r)

Same as 'D. Richardus Vitus Petri Clunmel' (Richard White, son of Peter, of Clonmel) in Irish College, Salamanca; on the mission by 1611. See Hugh Fenning, 'Students of the Irish College at Salamanca, 1592–1638,' Archivium Hibernicum, vol 62 (2009), pp 7–36 (18, 35). Possibly one among the students that came with Fr Thomas White SJ from Valladolid to Salamanca in 1592.

A man of this name appears listed among other Catholic clerics and religious men resident '[i]n the county of tiperarie' by 1613. See Brian Mac Cuarta, 'Irish Government List of Catholic Personell, c 1613 [with index],' Archivium Hibernicum, vol 68 (2015), pp 63-102 (74, 74n53).

[ 6 ]   J u a n   D i c t i o ,   D i o e c e s i s   L e z m o r e n s i s

John Deasy (?) (Seaán Déiseach), Diocese of Lismore

• 21 Nov 1588. Logic. AUVa LIB-33, fol 53r

[ 7 ]   G u i l l e r m o   G i e e d o ,   D i o c e s i s   d e   R r o s a

William McGee (Uilliam Mag Aodha), Diocese of Ross

• 23 Nov 1588. Canons. AUVa LIB-33, fol 8v

[ 8 ]   D a n i e l   H a f f e r n a n  ( a l s o   y   F i n n a n )

Daniel Heffernan (Domhnall Ó hIfearnáin), Diocese of Tuam

• 8 Dec 1588. Law. AUVa LIB-33, fol 31v (also 17 Dec 1588. Law. AUVa LIB-33, fol 32r)

A former student at the University of Salamanca, Aug 1584-Mar 1588 ('Daniel Hiferniano, de la diócesis de Stumia (Tuam ?) en el reino de Yrlanda'). Received a yearly allowance from that University. Fray Luis de León reported his bringing certificates from Rome and other places. See Amalio Huarte, 'Petitions of Irish Students in the University of Salamanca, 1574-1591,' Archivium Hibernicum, vol 4 (1915), pp 96-130 (117-120).

Identified as a student in Valladolid, 1588-1590, by Declan M Downey, 'Pietas Austriaca and "Dispensers of Royal Authority": The early Irish Colleges and Habsburg cultural strategies,' in Forming Catholic Communities: Irish, Scots and English College Networks in Europe, 1568-1918, ed by Liam Chambers and Thomas O'Connor, Catholic Christendom 6 (Leiden: Brill, 2017), pp 62–90.

Completed his studies in Salamanca, this time, in the Irish college. In 1593, he asked King Felipe II for protection in a safe return trip to Ireland (AGS, G.A., 389, 384, Memorial del licenciado Daniel Hiffernan, Madrid, 1 July 1593). See Enrique García Hernán, 'Estudios sobre la Misión de Irlanda': http://www.irishinspain.es/irlandeses/doc/research/estudiosmisionirlanda.php/.

[ 9 ]   R i c a r d o   Y a l i o ,   C o r c a

Richard Healy (Riocard, or Risteard, Ó hÉalaighthe), a native of Cork

• 12 Dec 1588. Philosophy and Bible. AUVa LIB-33, fol 57r

Could be one of the students brought by Fr Thomas White SJ from Valladolid to Salamanca in 1592. Appears in the list of students at the Irish College in the latter city: 'Richardus Hali Corcagiensis' (Fenning, 'Students of the Irish College at Salamanca, 1592–1638,' 18).

Ordained a priest in Lateran basilica at Rome on 17 Apr 1593, after receiving all seven orders. See Hugh Fenning in 'Irishmen Ordained at Rome, 1572–1697,' Archivium Hibernicum, vol 59 (2005), pp 1–8: ‘HEALY, Richard. Ms. Hiallius. Diocese of Cork. With apost. letters dated 1 April sub anulo piscatoris’ (8).

[ 10 ]   B i t o r   B r a l d e ,   D i o c e s i s   [ d e ]   G u a t a f o r d i a

Victor Bradley (Buadhach Ó Brollacháin), Diocese of Waterford

• 17 Dec 1588. Grammar. AUVa LIB-33, fol 75r

May be the 'Victor Bray' who, according to Denis J O'Doherty (‘Students of the Irish College Salamanca (1595-1619),’ Archivium Hibernicum, vol 2 (1913), pp 1–36), left the Salamanca Seminary on 27 Aug 1592, 'to enjoy [his] liberty' and study Medicine (2). The same author takes him to be one among the 'some nine students' brought by Fr Thomas White SJ from Valladolid on the foundation of the Salamanca College in 1592 (2).

[ 11 ]   G u i [ l l ] e l m o   C a s e o ,   D i o c e s i s   d e   C o r q u e

William Casey (Uilliam Ó Cathasaigh), Diocesis of Cork; a priest

• 17 Dec 1588. Bible and Theology. AUVa LIB-33, fol 42r

There was a student of this name registered at the Irish College, Salamanca, probably around the time of inception of the institution, but his origin is uncertain: ‘D. Gulielmus Casy Kilmalensis' (Fenning, 'Students of the Irish College at Salamanca, 1592–1638,' 12).

[ 12 ]   D i e g o   D u l y ,   D i o c e s i s   [ d e ]   R r o s a

James Dooley (Séamas Ó Dubhlaoich), Diocese of Ross

• 17 Dec 1588. Grammar. AUVa LIB-33, fol 75r

Later, a student at the Irish College, Salamanca: 'Jacobus Duleus Rospontanus,' described as ‘Of New Ross. "Dulano" in the list of 1611’ (Fenning, 'Students of the Irish College at Salamanca, 1592–1638,' 13, 27). Possibly one in the group of students brought by Fr Thomas White SJ from Valladolid to Salamanca in 1592.

[ 13 ]   F e l i p e   F i l d o ,   [D i o c e s i s   d e ]   R r o s a

Philip Field (Pilib Ó Fithcheallaigh), Diocese of Ross

• 17 Dec 1588. Grammar. AUVa LIB-33, fol 75r

[ 14 ]   D i e g o   F o l o ,   D i o e c e s i s   C a s i l i n s i s   [ r e c t e   C a s s a l i e n s i s ]

James Foley (Séamas Ó Foghludha), Diocese of Cashel

• 17 Dec 1588. Grammar. AUVa LIB-33, fol 75r
• c. 16 Sep 1591. Grammar. AUVa LIB-33, fol 108r

Later, a student at the Irish College, Salamanca: 'Jacobus Fouli Cassellensis' (Fenning, 'Students of the Irish College at Salamanca, 1592–1638,' 13). He could be one among the group of students brought by Fr Thomas White SJ from Valladolid to Salamanca in 1592.

[ 15 ]   D i e g o   Q u e a r n e ,  [ D i o c e s i s ]   d e   C o r c a

James Kearne (Séamas Ó Cearnaigh), Diocese of Cork; a priest

• 19 Dec 1588. Arts. AUVa LIB-33, fol 87r
  

Perhaps identical with the 'James Kearny vicar generall of Rosse,' resident in the 'Countye of Corcke' by 1613. See Mac Cuarta, 71.

[Entry crossed out]

[ 16 ]   D i e g o   R u s i o ,   D i o e c e s i s   D u b l i n e n s i s

James Ross (Séamas Rós), Diocese of Dublin

• 19 Dec 1588. Arts. AUVa LIB-33, fol 87r

[Entry crossed out.]

[ 17 ]   T h o m a s   V i c t u s ,   D i o e c e s i s   L e s m o r i e n s i s

Thomas White (Tomás de Faoit), Diocese of Lismore

• 16 Apr 1589. Grammar. AUVa LIB-33, fol 75v

In all probability, this is Thomas White (1556-1622), of Clonmel, who would become founder of the Irish College of Salamanca in 1592 and its Superior one year later, after having petitioned Philip II to endow a house for the Irish exiles that frequented the streets in Valladolid, living in charity.

Registered as a student at Alcalá in 1582 (Óscar Recio Morales, Irlanda en Alcalá: La comunidad irlandesa en la Universidad de Alcalá y su proyección europea, 1579-1785, [Alcalá de Henares]: Fundación Colegio del Rey, [2004], p 120) and as 'Thomas Vitus Clunmel. Jesuita' in the list of early Irish students at Salamanca since 1592, kept in the Russel Library (S. 40/2) (Fenning, 'Students of the Irish College at Salamanca, 1592–1638,' 19, 35, 8).

He entered the Jesuit Order in 1593, acted as first Rector of the Irish College in Lisbon between 1606 and 1608 and Superior at Santiago (1612) and Seville (1619). See 'White, Thomas, 1556-1622, Jesuit priest,' Irish Jesuit Archives, https://www.jesuitarchives.ie/white-thomas-1556-1622-jesuit-priest/.

According to John Healy, 'about the year 1582' Thomas White was studying theology in Valladolid and involved in the 'faculty of pedagogy' (Maynooth College: Its Centenary History, 1895, p 57). There seems to be no evidence for either of these two facts. John Coppinger, his contemporary, simply testified to Thomas White’s questing for alms and administrating student life in the city (Mnemosynum or Memoriall to the Afflicted Catholickes in Ireland, 1606, p 268).  Denis J O'Doherty convincingly refuted the notion that he was a learned man, as ‘he never was more than a Spiritual Coadjutor’ in the Jesuit seminaries, and defended instead that '[w]hat is more probable is that he himself went to Valladolid as a student, and . . . devoted himself to the care and maintenance of his fellow-students and countrymen' (‘Fr Thomas White,’ p 580). This would explain the fact that the 'Thomas Victus' in the Valladolid University Archive enroled in a basic study such as Grammar.

[ 18 ]   R i c a r d o   C a d a m o ,   D i o e c e s i s   L e m e r i s e n s i s

Richard Cadam, or McAdam (Riocard, or Risteard, Mac Adaim), Diocese of Limerick; a priest.

• c. 16 Sep 1591. Philosophy. AUVa LIB-33, fol 108r

Later, a student at the Salamanca Irish College: 'D. Richardus Cadam Limiricensis' (Fenning, 'Students of the Irish College at Salamanca, 1592–1638,' 18). He could be one among the group of students brought by Fr Thomas White SJ from Valladolid to Salamanca in 1592.

[ 19 ]   E d m o n d o   C o g a n ,   D i o c e s i s   d e   C o r c a

Edmund Cogan (Éamann de Cogán), Diocese of Cork

• c. 16 Sep 1591. Súmulas. AUVa LIB-33, fol 108r

[ 20 ]   R i c a r d o   C o r r o ,   D i o c e s i s   [ d e ]   r l i q u e n i a

Richard O’Carra (Riocard, or Risteard, Ó Carra), Diocese of Kilkenny (?)

• c. 16 Sep 1591. Grammar. AUVa LIB-33, fol 108r

There is a man named 'Richardus Cor Waterford' in the list of Irish students at Salamanca published by Fenning ('Students of the Irish College at Salamanca, 1592–1638,' 18). The Dominican ‘Richardus Caronius Medensis Dominicanus’ is also listed (19, 25).

There is one 'Ricardo Carron diocesis mediensis,’ from the town of Kilkenny (‘ortus est in oppido Kylkeniae (?)’), who was admitted in Salamanca in 1600 and took the oath at the age of 22, in 1601. See Denis J. O'Doherty, 'Students of the Irish College Salamanca (1595-1619),' Archivium Hibernicum, vol 2 (1913), pp 1-36 (11).

[ 21 ]   D a u i d   D u l i o ,   D i o e c e s i s   F e r n e n s i s

David Dooley (Dáibhidh Ó Dubhghaill), Diocese of Ferns; a priest.

• c. 16 Sep 1591. Theology. AUVa LIB-33, fol 108r

Later educated at the Irish College, Salamanca. See Hugh Fenning, 'Students of the Irish College at Salamanca, 1592-1638': 'D. David Duleus Rospontanus' (10). He could thus be one of the young students brought by Fr Thomas White SJ from Valladolid to Salamanca in 1592.

Fenning also makes this annotation: ‘Of New Ross. On the mission, 1611. “Dulano” on the list of 1611’ ('Students of the Irish College at Salamanca, 1592-1638,' 27). Could this be the David Duill listed resident '[i]n the county of Wexford,' c 1613? See Mac Cuarta, 79.

[ 22 ]   F e l i p e   M a e r ,   D i o e c e s i s   c a s s a l i e n s i s

Philip Meagher, or Maher (Pilib Ó Meachair), Diocese of Cashel

• c. 16 Sep 1591. Grammar. AUVa LIB-33, fol 108r

Later, a student at the Irish College, Salamanca: 'Phylippus Mc Her. Fiderten [of Fethard]: franciscanus,' a Franciscan (Fenning, 'Students of the Irish College at Salamanca, 1592–1638,' 16, 30). Possibly one of the group of students brought by Fr Thomas White SJ from Valladolid to Salamanca in 1592.

[ 23 ]   B e r n a r d o   M o r i a r t o ,   D i o e c e s i s   A r d a g a d e n s i s

Brian Moriarty (Brian Ó Muircheartaigh), Diocese of Ardagh; a priest

• c. 16 Sep 1591. Theology. AUVa LIB-33, fol 108r

Possibly the ‘D. Bernardus Moartagh Medensis’ listed as a student at the Irish College, Salamanca (Fenning, ‘Students of the Irish College at Salamanca, 1592–1638,’ 16). He could be one of the group of students brought by Fr Thomas White SJ from Valladolid to Salamanca in 1592.

Perhaps the Archdeacon and Vicar General of Clonfert [?Clonmacnoise], Dean of Ardagh, of this name, who died a prisoner in Dublin in 1601. See David Rothe, De processu martyriali quonrandam fidei pugilum in Hibernia: pro complemento sacrorum analectorum (Cologne, apud Stephanum Rolinum, 1619): ‘Bernardus Moriarti’ (l u2).

[ 24 ]   C o n l a n u s   T u l i u s

Conlan Tully (Connall O'Taithlagh)

• 8 Apr 1596. Bachelor's Degree in Medicine. AUVa LIB-194, fol 65v (also AUVa LIB-202, fol 11r)

[ 25 ]   C o r n e l [ l ] i o   d e   O r a n o   ( a l s o   d e   H o r a n o )

Conor, or Cornelius, Dorian (Conchubhar Deóráin)

• c. 9-17 Dec 1599. Theology. AUVa LEG-75/014

‘Cornelio de Orano, irlandés’ was a student of Theology at the University of Valladolid, when he placed a civil lawsuit against Gaspar López de San Tomé, ‘estudiante de Cánones,’ by early December 1599 (AUVa, LEG-75/014). His testimony unveals the hardships the Irish community strived to endure during the plague of 1599.

According to Fenning, ‘D. Cornelius Deoranus Ossoriensis,’ named “de Horan” in the list of 1611, arrived in Salamanca in 1605 ('Students of the Irish College at Salamanca, 1592–1638,' 10, 27). Probably one the eleven students who, according to Edmund Hogan, were brought by Fr James Archer SJ from Valladolid in that year (Distinguished Irishmen of the Sixteenth Century (London: Burns and Oates, 1894), p 349.

O’Doherty notes that that he was a priest (‘Students of the Irish College of Salamanca (1595-1619),’ 18). William Carrigan’s History and Antiquities of the Diocese of Ossory (1905) registers one ‘Conogher O'Doran’ in the list of Ossory priests of 1605 and ‘Conhore O'Doran’ in another list of ‘seditious priests,’ drawn up between Sept 1612 and April 1613 (p. 242). See also Mac Cuarta, 96, 96n214.

[ 26 ]   D i o n i s i o   P o r s e l o ,   D i o c e s i s   d e   l e s m o r

Denis Purcell (Donnchadh Puirséil), Diocese of Lismore

• 11 Nov 1600. Grammar. 1Y. AUVa LIB-33, fol 123r (also fol 124r)

Later listed as a student at the Irish College of Salamanca as 'Dionisio Purcel Waterford,' he returned on the Irish Mission by 1611 (Fenning, 'Students of the Irish College at Salamanca, 1592–1638,' 10, 32). He appears in Irish government lists of priests, Jesuits, and friars banned from Ireland c 1613, as ‘Dionis Purcell, priest,’ a resident of the County of Waterford, and as ‘Dennishe Purcell,’ lodging at ‘Anstace Devorix’ in June 1610 (Mac Cuarta, 72, 72n35, 84, 84nl34).

May be one the eleven students who, according to Hogan (p. 349), were brought by Fr James Archer SJ from Valladolid to Salamanca in 1605.

[ 27 ]   M a u r i c i o   L a c e o ,   D i o c e s i s   d e   e l m e r i c e

Maurice Lacey (Muiris de Léis), a native of Ballyagran (Ballengarin?), Diocese of Limerick; tonsured on 17 April 1617

• 17 Apr 1617. Arts. AUVa LIB-34, fol 67v

[ 28 ]   E u g e n i o   C o n o r

Eugene O'Connor (Eoghan Ó Conchobhair)

• c. 1626. Grammar. AGS.

A student of grammar at Valladolid, he asked the King for a grant to pursue Arts in Alcalá, after having been rejected at Santiago (AGS). 

[ 29 ]   D i o n i s i o   O d o n e l

Denis O'Donnell (Donnchadh Ó Domhnaill)

• c. 1628. Teología (?). AGS.

Applied for a viaticum in 1628. See Cristina Bravo Lozano, Spain and the Irish Mission, 1609-1707 (Routledge, 2019), Table BM1.

[ 30 ]   T a d e o   C o l n a d o

Thaddeus Coland (Tadhg Colainn)

• c. 1635. Teología. AGS.

A Licenciate in Theology from the University of Valladolid, he applied for a viaticum in 1635. See Cristina Bravo Lozano, Spain and the Irish Mission, 1609-1707 (Routledge, 2019), Table BM1.

[ 31 ]   E t m u n d o   d e   B u r g o s ,   n a t u r a l   d e   I m [ i ] l a c e n s e [i] s,   D i o e c e s i s   E m e l i e n s i s

Edmund Burke, or de Burgo (Éamann de Búrca), Diocese of Emly

• 23 Nov 1639. Canons. 4Y. AUVa LIB-43, fol 5r

[ 32 ]   G u i l l e l m o   d e   O n i o n

William O'Neil (Uilliam Ó Néill)

• 10 April 1644. Bachelor’s Degree in Arts. AUVa LIB-197, fol 193r

[ 33 ]   D a n i e l   N u n e z ,   D i o e c e s i s   T u a m e n s i s

Daniel Noone (?) (Domhnall Ó Nuadháin), Diocese of Tuam; a priest

• 7 May 1644. Bachelor’s Degree in Arts. AUVa LIB-197, fol 193r
• 24 Nov 1645. Canons. AUVa LIB-44, fol 10r

[ 34 ]   M a u r i c i o   d e   U r c a n o

Maurice Durcan (Muiris Mac Duarcáin); a priest

• 7 May 1644. Bachelor’s Degree in Arts. AUVa LIB-197, fol 193r

Later, a student at the University of Paris: 'Mauritius Durcanus . . . called DTh. and pr. in the 1651 list of Parisian anti-Jansenists.' See L W B Brockliss and Patrick Ferté, 'Prosopography of Irish Clerics in the Universities of Paris and Toulouse, 1573-1792,' Archivium Hibernicum, vol 58 (2004), pp 7-166 (146).

[ 35 ]   G o f r e d o   D a n i e l ,   T u a n m e n s i s   D i o e c e s i s

Godfrey Daniel, or O’Donnell (Gothfraidh Ó Domhnaill), Diocese of Tuam; a priest

• 7 May 1644. Bachelor's Degree in Arts. AUVa LIB-197, fol 193r
• 27 Nov 1645. Canons. 2Y. AUVa LIB-44, fol 10r
• 26 Nov 1646. Canons. 3Y. AUVa LIB-44, fol 66r
• 18 Nov 1647. Canons. 4Y. AUVa LIB-44, fol 107r
• 29 Sept 1649. Bachelor's Degree in Canons. AUVa LIB-197, fol 242r

Doctor in Theology by the University of Irache, Navarra. See J Ibarra Murillo, Historia del Monasterio benedictino y Universidad literaria de Irache (Pamplona: La Acción Social, 1939), p 393.

Rector of the Irish College of Alcalá de Henares, c 1649-1652. See Micheline Kerney Walsh, 'The Irish College of Alcalá de Henares,' Seanchas Ardmhacha, vol 11, no 2 (1993), pp 247-57 (255).

Rector of the Irish College of St Patrick in Madrid, 1652-1655. See Enrique García Hernán, 'El Colegio de San Patricio de los Irlandeses de Madrid,' http://www.irishinspain.es/archivos/colirmad.pdf, pp 16, 23-24, and Micheline Kerney Walsh, 'The Irish College of Madrid,' Seanchas Ardmhacha, vol 15, no 2 (1993), pp 39–50 (42-43).

[ 36 ]   G u i l l e l m o   M a l l e   ( a l s o   M y l l s )

William O’Malle (Uilliam Ó Máille); a native of Kilooaun (?)

• 9 Dec 1645. Bachelor's Degree in Arts. AUVa LIB-197, fol 195v
• 9 Dec 1645. Theology. 1Y. AUVa LIB-44, 39r
• 10 Dec 1646. Theology. 2Y. AUVa LIB-44, 93r

[ 37 ]   D i o n i s i o   D i o s s o n d a n o   ( a l s o   E s c a l d a n o ) ,   D i o e c e s i s   L e b r i s e n s i s

Denis Scanlon (Donnchadh Ó Scan[d]láin), Diocese of Limerick; first tonsure of 26 of November 1646

• 26 Nov 1646. Arts. AUVa LIB-44, 91v
• 12 Dec 1647. Arts. 2Y. AUVa LIB-44, 162r

[ 38 ]   J u a n   J o r d a n   ( a l s o   J o r d a n i s ) ,   D i o e c e s i s   T u a m e n s i s

John Jordan (Seaán Mac Shiúrtáin), Diocese of Tuam; a Bachelor from Salamanca

• 8 Mar 1647. Theology. 1Y. AUVa LIB-44, fol 93r
• 28 Jan 1648. Theology. 2Y. AUVa LIB-44, fol 126r
• 29 Nov 1648. Theology. 3Y. AUVa LIB-44, fol 162r
• 19 Nov 1649. Canons. 2Y. AUVa LIB-45, fol 17v
• 31 May 1649. Law. 4Y. AUVa LIB-45, fol 30v
• 4 Dec 1650. Canons. 3Y. AUVa LIB-45, fol 57v
• 29 Nov 1651. Canons. 4Y. AUVa LIB-45, fol 89r

A Licenciate in Theology and Canons from the University of Valladolid, he applied for a viaticum in 1660. See Cristina Bravo Lozano, Spain and the Irish Mission, 1609-1707 (Routledge, 2019), Table BM1.

[ 39 ]   G u i l l e l m o   d e   M o r a l e s ,   D i o e c e s i s   O s o r i e n s i s

William Morley (?) (Uilliam Ó Muraile), Diocese of Ossory; a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Salamanca on 4 April 1643

• 16 Apr 1647. Bachelor's Degree in Medicine. AUVa LIB-202, fol 89v

[ 40 ]   E s t a n i s l a o   L e b e r a t i

Stanisław (?) Leberati; a native of Poland, resident in Ireland; did Arts (?)

• 25 Apr 1647. Canons. 1Y. AUVa LIB-44, fol 67v
• 25 Apr 1647. Law. 1Y. AUVa LIB-44, fol 88r

Possibly same as 'Estanislao Esborat,' who obtained his Baccalaurate in Medicine on 31 March 1653 (LIB-202, fol 100v).

[ 41 ]   E s t a n i s l a o   d e   V a r d o

Stanislaus Ward (Ainéislis Mac an Bháird)

• 12 Oct 1649. Bachelor's Degree in Arts. AUVa LIB-197, fol 201r

[ 42 ]   P e d r o   D a l i

Peter Daly (Peadar Ó Dálaigh); a priest

• 1648-1649. Canons. 1Y. Decreto. AUVa LEG-566, Exp 566
• 1649-1650. Canons. 2Y. Decretales. AUVa LEG-566, Exp 566
• 1650-1651. Canons. 3Y. Sexto. AUVa LEG-566, Exp 566
• 1651-1652. Canons. 4Y. Decretales. AUVa LEG-566, Exp 566

On 12 April 1652, he requested a record of his studies at the UVa (AUVa LEG-566, Exp 566; also LEG-567, Exp 001). He was to visit Madrid to apply for a viaticum to return to Ireland. The Secretary would not provide him with it, as there was no record of his having ever matriculated at the University. In his request he claimed that 'he was not aware that he should have done so.' Three witnesses testified on his attendance and completion of the couses of lectures in the list below, and on the 15th, the Rector agreed to issue and sign a certificate.

A former student at the Irish Colleges of Santiago and Salamanca, his stay had brought despair to their Rectors for having caused expense 'without any fruit'; as appears in the records, after his stay in Salamanca (c Feb 1646-1647), Peter Daly left without taking leave or giving receipt of the 300 reales received and spent on clothes and the 300 of his Viaticum. See Denis J O'Doherty, 'Students of the Irish College, Salamanca, 1619-1700,’ Archivium Hibernicum, vol 3 (1914), pp 87-112, no. 152: ‘Petrus Daly (O'Dalaig). Diocaesis Conflertensis (Clonfert).' He had been examined for entrance and approved by the Superior of the Seminary in late November 1647. See Denis J O'Doherty, 'Students of the Irish College, Salamanca (1715-1796),' Archivium Hibernicum, vol 4 (1915), pp. 1-58 (14).

[ 43 ]   J u a n   M a r t i n e z ,   [ D i o c e s i s   d e ]   L e m e r i c h e

John Martin (Seaán Máirtín), Diocese of Limerick

• 14 Nov 1649. Canons. 3Y. AUVa LIB-44, fol 21r

[ 44 ]   A r t u r o   M a l d o n a d o ,   D i o e c e s i s   A r d a g a d e n s i s

Arthur Muldowney (Art Ó Maoil Domhnaigh), Diocese of Ardagh; a priest; a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Valladolid

• 28 Apr 1655. Theology. 1Y. AUVa LIB-46, fol 97v
• 16 Nov 1655. Theology. 2Y. AUVa LIB-46, fol 131r

[ 45 ]   R i c a r d o   F e r a l

Richard O’Farrell (Riocard, or Risteard, Ó Fearghail); a priest; a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Valladolid

• 21 June 1656. Theology. 2Y. AUVa LIB-46, fol 133v (also 29 Nov 1656. Theology. 2Y. AUVa LIB-47, fol 34v)

[ 46 ]   E n r i c o   E n r i q u e s

Henry McHenry (Éinrí Mac Éinrí); a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Valladolid

• 21 June 1656. Súmulas?. 2Y. AUVa LIB-46, fol 131v

[ 47 ]   A n t o n i o   M a l d o n a d o

Anthony Muldowne (Uaithne Ó Maoil Domhnaigh)

• 15 Dec 1656. Theology. 2Y. AUVa LIB-47, fol 34v

[ 48 ]   X e r a r d o   V i t u s ,    Q u i l q u i n i a  

Gerald White (Gearóid de Faoit), from Kilkenny; a priest; on 13 November 1656 he became a Bachelor of Arts by the University of Valladolid

• 13 Nov 1656. Medicine. 1Y. AUVa LIB-47, fol 35r
• 18 Nov 1657. Medicine. 2Y. AUVa LIB-47, fol 78r

May be the same individual as the 'Gerardus Vitus. Comitatus Westmediensis in eiusdem diocesi' that matriculated at the Irish College, Salamanca on 9 December 1652. See O'Doherty, 'Students of the Irish College, Salamanca, 1619-1700,’ 107 (no 168).

He applied for the viaticum on 15 July 1658, upon completion of his studies. See Cristina Bravo Lozano, Spain and the Irish Mission, 1609-1707 (Routledge, 2019), Table BM1. In his memorandum, he claimed to have taken it 'so as to be able to, under that pretext, administer the Holy Sacraments to the Catholics in that kingdom more easily' ('para poder con este pretexto administrar con más facilidad los santos sacramentos a los católicos de aquel reino,' AGS).

[ 49 ]   D i o n i s i o   T u l i o ,   D i o c e s i s   [ d e ]   R o s q u e m a n o

Denis Tully (Donnchadh Ó Maoil Tuile), Diocese of Roscommon

• 15 Nov 1660. Grammar. AUVa LIB-48, fol 67v

[ 50 ]   P e d r o   M a c a r t y

Peter Macarty (Peadar Mac Cárthaigh)

• c. 1663. Theology. AGS.

A friar of the Order of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Mercy; applied for a viaticum in 1663. See Cristina Bravo Lozano, Spain and the Irish Mission, 1609-1707 (Routledge, 2019), Table BM1.

[ 51 ]   R o d r i g o   H e g u i n ,   D i o c e s i s   d e   Q u a l a l a

Roderic O'Higgins (Ruaidhrí, or Ruairí, Ó hUigínn), a native of Clare, Diocese of Killaloe; a Bachelor of Arts by the University of Valladolid on 3 April 1658 (?)

• 5 Apr 1661. Bachelor's Degree in Medicine. AUVa LIB-202, fol 126r

Roderic O'Higgins must have resided in Valladolid for at least twenty years. After completing his first and second degree, from 1660 through to 1678, 'Don Rodrigo Higuín' competed for practically every university Professorship that became vacant, in this order: Prima of Philosophy, Natural Philosophy, Súmulas, Logic, Arts, Vísperas de Medicina, Método. Apparently, he was never awarded one. See Mariano Alcocer Martínez, Historia de la Universidad de Valladolid, Vol III: Expedientes de provisiones de Cátedras (Valladolid: n p, 1922), pp 45, 57, 261, 274, 291, 292, 295, 304, 308.

[ 52 ]   R i c a r d o   M a n r i q u e

Richard Merrick (Riocard [Mac] Meiric); a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Ávila on 10 May 1683

• 15 May 1683. Medicine. 1Y. AUVa LIB-48, fol 39r

• c. 1684. Philosophy, Theology, Scholastics and Moral Philosophy. AGS.

After seven years of study at the Valladolid university, he applied for a viaticum in 1684. See Cristina Bravo Lozano, Spain and the Irish Mission, 1609-1707 (Routledge, 2019), Table BM1.

[ 53 ]   C a r l o s   C a n a v a n e

Charles Canavan (Cathal Ó Ceanndubháin)

• c. 1684. Philosophy, Theology, Scholastics and Moral Philosophy. AGS.

After seven years of study at the Valladolid university, he applied for a viaticum in 1684. See Cristina Bravo Lozano, Spain and the Irish Mission, 1609-1707 (Routledge, 2019), Table BM1.

[ 54 ]   G u i l l e l m o   d e   S a n t a   M a r í a   O f l u i n

William O'Flynn (Uilliam Ó Floinn)

• c. 1695. AGS.

A friar of the Order of Saint Augustine; applied for a viaticum in 1695. See Cristina Bravo Lozano, Spain and the Irish Mission, 1609-1707 (Routledge, 2019), Table BM1. 

[ 55 ]  D i e g o   V i t u s

James White (Séamas de Faoit); Jesuit pr.

• 27 Aug 1697. Bachelor's Degree in Theology. AUVa LIB-199, fol 328r

Fr James White SJ (1660-1722), natural of An Daingean, Co Offaly, entered the Society of Jesús at Villagarcía in 1683. He studied at Santiago and began Theology at Salamanca in 1680: 'In October, 1679, . . . Diego Vittus . . . , having been examined and approved in Santiago, . . . matriculated for Theology' (O'Doherty, 'Students of the Irish College, Salamanca (1715-1796),' 20). He taught Philosophy at Logroño and Theology at Valladolid, and was sent to Compostella in 1697, where he held a Chair in Theology and graduated as Doctor of Divinity. In 1720, he resigned a teaching position at Valladolid and was sent as Operarius to St Ignatius, where he died in 1722. See 'White, James, 1660-1722, Jesuit priest,' Irish Jesuit Archives, www.jesuitarchives.ie/white-james-1660-1722-jesuit-priest/.

This record confirms his degree in Theology from Valladolid in 1697. It thus corrects the date that Ofelia Rey Castelao (probably after Fr Francis Finegan SJ) gives of his second arrival in Santiago and corroborates Xosé Ramón Barreiro's placing of his entrance at Compostela in 1697: 'Los irlandeses y la Universidad de Santiago,' Historia de la Universidad de Compostela, Vol I: De los orígenes al siglo XIX, edited by Xosé Ramón Barreiro (Santiago de Compostela: Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, 2000), pp 243-54 (248). 

On the dispute between the Cathedral Chapter and the University at Santiago, on account of the printing of his Manifiesto del más prudente obrar (Lyon, 1707), after which he was deprived of his Chair and sent again to Valladolid c 1719, see Ofelia Rey Castelao, 'Disidentes y refugiados en una ciudad tradicional de la Edad Moderna: Santiago de Compostela,' Erebea, vol 7 (2017), pp 41-62 (61) and Ramón Barreiro, pp 248-49.

[ 56 ]   D i e g o   C r o [ o ] w ,   O b i s p a d o   d e   Ó l d l e i g h l e í n

James Crow (Seámas Mac Con Chradha), a native of Corries, Bishopric of Oldleighlin; aged eighteen; brown hair, blue eyes; Registration no.: '72.'

• 15 Oct 1781. Latinidad. AUVa LIB-186, fol 15v
• 19 Oct 1781. Arts. 4Y. AUVa LIB-89, fol 229r