The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1889-09-14

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rick Maglnnis. It seems that the in.
corporation in question was not effected
without i STRUGGLE. Father Magennis
and aststudent named MacMahon barrl-
caded tha door and refused to surrender
to the Spanish authorities. The mayor
OF the clty, fanked by q posse of police.
came % reinforce the military, but the
brace of Irishmen laughed at the threats
Of the official dignitary. and defended
the fortress till the door was broken
open and the college was taken by
storm, Salamanca is now the only
Irish college in Spain, and numbers
some thirty Irish students, who attend
lectures at the far-famed university of
that city. This institution has given
eminent ecclesiastics to the Irish
Church, prominent among whom was
DR.. Hussey, who negotiated some Of
the terms of the Concordat with
Napoleon, and who was the first presi-
deatof Maynooth. The Irish College
d Salamanca, or, as tits officially called.
the : College Of Irish Nobles.', was. as
the inscription over its gate announces,
''erected by the Kingdoms of CASTLE
and Leon for maintaining the Christian
religion in Ireland in the year that
PhilipIIl, expelled the Mariscoes."
Il Spain was the exile home of several
members Of the O'Sullivan Beare
family. The chief of that sept, Donal
Sullivan, took refuge in Madrid after
the Castle OF Dunboy had been captured
and the national prospects ruined. He
was on his arrival in the Spanish capital
received very courteously by Philip ILL.,.
who created him Knight OF the Order
of ST. James and Count Berehaven.
Here he spent fourteen years, hoping
against hope for an opportunity to
strike another blow for the land of his
love and ancestry. His death was a
tragic one, for as he was returning
home from Mass one morning he was
assassinated by one Bath, an Anglo
Irishman residing in Madrid. His son,
it may be added. fell fighting against
the Turks at the seige of Belgrade.
The chieftsin's nephew, Philip O'Sulll-
van Beare, was highly distinguished
among Continental scholars. Philip
left ireland at an early age, having been
sent by his father Dermott as hostage
Etn <pain. where he received 4 very
sound and liberal education. Having
graduated with all honors at Compos
tella, Philip entered the Spanish Navy,
and became as accomplished marine
officer as he was an ACCOMPLISHED
scholar. AnnalisJs tell us that his
cabin was we'll stocked with books,
which, in his leisure moments, were his
constant companions. 1t Is recorded Of
him, too, that he used to write pamph-
lets and compile materials for publica
tion seated ON log and deck-even at
times when the salt spray swept over
the bulwarks and the good ship pitched
and heaved in the storm. 1t was chiefly
ON sea that he penned his famous let
ters on the ancient Irish Church, which
threw Ussher times without number
into towering rage. 49,. b..
Philip O'Sullivan 8 chief contribution
to literature is his "Compendium of
Irish Catholic History" written in
Latin, aud extending from the Anglo
Norman invasion to 1888. 1t was first
published in Lisbon in 1921, and was
republished in Dublin in 1850 by DR..
Kelly, of MAMMOTH. Other minor pub
lications, comprising numerous tracts
followed suit, and, established on a
solid basis. O'Sullivan's reputation in
the literary circles Of the Continent.
His father and mother, who lived to be
centenarians, passed their closing years
in Corunna, where their remains and
those Of their son still lie inferred.
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There are even to the preseut day
many IIrish names to be met with on
signboards in the streets of the towns
and cities of spain. The O'Neills, the
McCarthys, and the Fogartys have still
their homes and habltations in Seville
and Madrid. One Of the old race,
Marshal O'Donnell, was for some time
PRESIDENT of the Spanish Republic,
while other .O's and Macs figured and
continue to figure prominently in the
public service CT Spain.
EUGENR DAVIS.
With Dog and Gun.
Few men are there who do not feel a