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- ↑ Kerney Walsh, Micheline (1993). "The Irish College of Madrid". Seanchas Ardmhacha: Journal of the Armagh Diocesan Historical Society. 15 (2): 39–50.
- ↑ The History of the Irish College in Madrid By Enda Kenneally, Irish Slice of Madrid, July 8, 2020.
- ↑ Madrid Irish Colleges on the continent, New Advent, Catholic Encyclopedia.
- ↑ Salamanca Archive, Archives, St Patrick's College, Maynooth.