Abstract
The Irish College, Paris, was thrust into a new age following the Franco-Prussian war and subsequent downfall of the Second Empire. The autonomy and seclusion enjoyed by the ancient seminary was challenged following the foundation of the Third Republic. Efforts of successive French administrations to dictate College appointments, finances, attendance and undermine the influence of Irish bishops caused friction, but ultimately helped to modernise the College. This early transformation was intimately observed by Charles Ouin-la-Croix, the College Administrator. The memoirs he kept during the Franco-Prussian war, the siege of Paris and the Paris Commune help to illustrate the locality of destruction in the Latin Quarter, as well as the collective charity which followed this civil unrest.
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