Making, Breaking and Remaking the Irish Missionary Network Ireland, Rome and the West Indies in the Seventeenth Century

1 Introduction.- 2 Irish Clergy in Rome in the Early Seventeenth Century.- 3 The Beginning: The Founding of St. Isidore’s and of the Irish College.- 4 Forging the Missionary Links between the "Urbs" and "Hibernia".- 5 A New Dimension to the Irish Mission: The West Indies.- 6 Missionary Supply in Crisis Years: The Colleges and Ireland.- 7 The Colleges in Transition.- 8 "Ten Thousand Irish Catholics extremely Oppressed by the English Heretics": Rome, and the Irish Missions in the West Indies during the Second Half of the Seventeenth Century.- 9 Conclusion.- Appendix I: List of students admitted to the Irish College of Rome, 1628-64.- Appendix II: List of students admitted to St. Isidore’s, 1625-54.- Bibliography.