Irish Dominicans in Rome: Community of SS. Sisto e Clemente
The Dominicans first arrived in Ireland in 1224, three years after the death of their founder Dominic (1170-1221) and the arrival of the friars in England. In the first year two foundations were established in Dublin and in Drogheda. There were twenty four in Ireland by the end of the thirteenth century, only five of which had Gaelic founders. Less than 100 years previously the Anglo-Norman invasion and conquest of Ireland had begun. The division within the Irish Church…
