the Spanish court by Gaelic exiles from the early 1600s onwards. This was a time when hopes of a military assault on Ireland were hindered by the Spanish administration's preference for peace with England. As the Breviate explains, Gaelic exiles traced their origins to the Spanish king Milesius. His three sons are said to have conquered Ireland about the time of Alexander the Great.

Born on Dursey Island, Co. Cork, and sent to Spain as a child, PhilipO'SullivanBeare was educated at Santiago de Compostela, trained as a soldier and served in the Spanish fleet. The opening description of Ireland's past and the terms of the Laudabiliter in the

Breviate neatly summarize O'SullivanBeare's Compendium of the Catholic History of Ireland, published at Lisbon in 1621. Both sources attest the strength ofaffection and love to the Spanish nation felt by Gaelic families, defining the Ancient Irish, Myxt Irish, and English Irish found in Spanish territories.

Two names in the

Breviate and their accompanying descriptions show that it was completed between July 1618 and July 1619. On 16 July 1618, following a duel with PhilipO'SullivanBeare, JohnBathe of Drumcondra killed Donal O'Sullivan Bearre. His son Dermot, a knight of Santiago, succeeded him as earl of Bearhaven. Donal O'Sullivan Bearre is not included in the Breviate, whereas his surviving son and heir Dermot is described as Earle of Bearhaven, in Madride. Raymond de Burgo died the following summer. Named here
amongst the Mixt seculars he was claimant to the earldom of Clanricard and styled himself baron of Leitrim. He arrived in Spain in 1602 with