King Alfonso selected St. Patrick's Day for appointing as his new envoy to the United States a diplomat of Irisn descent, bearing an Irish name, and chief of a family which is so proud of its Iris,h origin that it celebrates St. Patrick's Day every year in the chapel bearing its name that forms part of the ancient parish church of Ortova. The envoy's name is Don Bernardo de Cologan, Marquis de la Candia, and he is descended from the Irish family of McColgans, of County Meath.
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New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXIII, Issue 23, 8 June 1905, Page 6
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87Untitled New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXIII, Issue 23, 8 June 1905, Page 6
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