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==Dominican College of Corpo Santo==
A Dominican College, was founded in Lisbon, in 1634 by [[Daniel O'Daly]] OP, who was its first Rector.<ref>[https://www.irishdominicansinportugal.com/History History] Irish Dominicans in Portugal.</ref> The ''College of Corpo Santo'' was built in 1659 for the Irish Dominicans, supported by King Philip of Spain (who was also King of Portugal at the time).<ref>'The Whole Works Concerning Ireland Rev. and Improved, Volume 2' by James Ware.</ref> The College was greatly damaged in the [[1755 Lisbon earthquake|Great Lisbon Earthquake]] of 1755, and it was not re-built until 1771.
It ceased as a seminary after 1850, and with the Irish Dominicans in [[San Clemente al Laterano]], Rome available to train candidates for the order, much of the property was sold to fund the establishment of St. Mary's Priory, Tallaght, Dublin.<ref>[https://www.jstor.org/stable/30004477 Irishmen Ordained at Lisbon, 1740-1850] by [[Hugh Fenning]] OP, [[Collectanea Hibernica]], No. 36/37 (1994/1995), pp. 140-158 (19 pages), Published By: Franciscan Province of Ireland.</ref>
At ''Bom Successo'', the Dominican convent community remain here today.
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