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- ↑ The History of the Irish College in Madrid by Enda Kenneally, Irish Slice of Madrid, July 8, 2020.
- ↑ Boyle, Patrick. "Irish Colleges, on the Continent." The Catholic Encyclopedia Vol. 8. New York: Robert Appleton Company, 1910. 5 Feb. 2018
- ↑ The Irish College, Seville by John J. Silke, Archivium Hibernicum, Vol. 24 (1961), pp. 103-147 (45 pages).
- ↑ Richard Conway SJ, by Terry Clavin, Dictionary of Irish Biography.
- ↑ Salamanca Archives, St. Patrick's College, Maynooth, Co. Kildare.
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain : Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "Irish Colleges, on the Continent". Catholic Encyclopedia . New York: Robert Appleton Company.