Show n 1 IRISH ESPECIALLY MOURN LOUVAIN J UNIVERSITY UNiVERSITY London In In spite of the tho controversy sy over the exact extent to which the ancient city of Louvain was damaged I Ithe the allies contending that the tho Germana Germans Ger Get mans mana practiced vandalism and and t destroyed destroyed de de- de- de priceless architectural and art artworks artworks works while tho the Germans declare they left lett the greater portion of the town unharmed it Is certain that the great university there was demol demol- This has baa brought a pang to the hearts of the Irish people for tor the University Uni UnI- of LouvaIn was for tor centuries the great grest university for tor Irish students and especially ecclesiastical students there being no such euch Institution in Ireland Ireland Ireland Ire Ire- land Itself During the ho last tw two centuries cen cen- centuries or BO so It has turned out over three hundred bundred Irish priests and nearly thirty Irish bishops and archbishops and it was tho the principal center of the education of the Irish priesthood right I through the century of the penal laws I up to the establishment of Maynooth in 1793 There Thero was another tie between Ireland Ireland Ireland Ire Ire- land and Louvain university tho the tie tic of Irish learning The Times after fler the burning stated that the tbD library of the tho university contained sol vol volumes vol umes of ot priceless manuscripts and a 8 large number of these were Irish and andare andare andare are The destruction of Louvain and es u especially es- es of Its university It can therefore therefore there there- I fore be seen is an especial grief to the Lila I people of ot Ireland |