List of colleges
of the
Old University of Louvain.
From
The Irish ecclesiastical record, Jan-June 1886.
Shows the three Irish colleges at Louvain.
Extract from 1860 map of Louvain.
Awkwardly rotated so N is to the top left.
"37" is the orphanage on the Rue des Orphelins.
Page 476
of
[Reusens, 1885]
says the Irish Pastoral College was
in the Rue des Orphelins
between the orphanage
and the Rue de Diest.
Page 486
of [Reusens, 1885]
says that after the university was closed in 1797,
the Irish Pastoral College buildings became private dwellings.
Rue des Orphelins (now Decosterstraat)
and Rue de Diest (now Diestsestraat)
on 1905 map of Louvain.
From here.
See other scan.
See modern map
and street view.
Detail of
1649 map of Louvain.
"43" is "Collegium Angliae Hiberniae"
(The Franciscan Irish College).
Extract from 1860 map of Louvain.
Awkwardly rotated so N is to the top left.
The location above
would be at "65" which is Place St. Antoine,
at the top of Rue des Moutons.
The location on 1905 map.
The square where Rue du Marais meets
Rue de Paris and
Rue des Moutons.
From here.
See other scan.
The location on modern map.
Rue du Marais is now Janseniusstraat.
Rue de Paris is now Parijsstraat.
Rue des Moutons is now Schapenstraat.
The Leuven Institute for Ireland in Europe
is at the top of Janseniusstraat.
Inscription to the Franciscan Irish College (St. Anthony's College).
Gateway of
The Leuven Institute for Ireland in Europe.
Photo 2009.
From here.
[Jennings, 1944]
identifies this gateway (and building behind it) as the Irish College.
Wider view of the gateway above at
The Leuven Institute for Ireland in Europe, Janseniusstraat.
From
street view.
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