It might be thought that Spanish spirituality would then be preponderant in the Province. We must not forget, however, the personality of the Irishman, Ross MacGeoghegan, who dominated the whole group of exiles and was selected in 1615 by the Master General to reorganize the Order in Ireland, with the title of Vicar General. He was named Provincial at the General Chapter of Milan in 1622 and became Bishop of Kildare in 1629. But the victory of William of Orange in 1691 marked a new dispersion of the Preachers. They began once again to live in isolation and preach from parish to parish.
Some writings reflect clearly the type of their apostolate.
In 1675, at Louvain, William Collins published in English a defense of the Mass, Missa triumphans . Hugh Fenning, St. Saviour's Church Dublin Centenary Record , Dublin 1961, pp. The 19th century marked the Catholic revival in general and that of the Dominicans in particular. Catholics obtained their emancipation in 1829. But as early as 1814 the Black Abbey at Kilkenny was restored.