The young Alejandro María Daniel IrujoManuel de Irujo sin florituras. Conversación mantenida en 1975 con D. Manuel de Irujo por Iñaki Anasagasti, p. 16, available here and his siblings were brought up in religious ambience.e.g. in 1865 Manuel Irujo in name of his own and all family members signed an address to the Pope and declared 20 reales per every family member for a related fundraising collection, El Pensamiento Español 08.09.65, available here, also Garcia-Sanz Marcotegui 1995, p. 50 In the mid-1870s he was sent away from Estella, then a Carlist capital, to the Bétharram college near Pau. Prior to 1876 he moved to the Jesuit Orduña establishment,Garcia-Sanz Marcotegui 1995, p. 43 where he met the likes of Sabino Aranasome claim that Irujo and Arana were schoolgroup, a theory doubted by others as Arana was 3 years Irujo’s junior; because of the age difference, their friendship was probably not very close, Garcia-Sanz Marcotegui 1995, p. 44 and Juan Olazábal.Euskera: se empieza inventando un idioma, [in:] Bye Bye Spain service, available here In 1878 he commenced law studies in Valladolid, graduating in derecho civíl y canónico in 1882.Garcia-Sanz Marcotegui 1995, pp. 44-46. Another source claims he graduated in 1885, Inocencia de un patriota. Notable defensa del fundador del partido nacionalista Don Sabino de Arana y Goiri ante el Tribunal por el ilustre Abogado D. Daniel de Irujo, Buenos Aires 1913, p. 5 Evading military service,not sure on what basis, Garcia-Sanz Marcotegui 1995, p. 46 in 1883 he settled in Pamplona. Employed by the law office of his brother-in-law,in 1880 Estanislao Aranzadi married Irujo’s sister. Upon his settlement in Pamplona, Irujo lived in their house, Garcia-Sanz Marcotegui 1995, p. 46 he set up his own office following a move back to Estella in 1885.Lau-buru 20.12.85, available here In 1890 Daniel married Aniana Ollo Elordi (1866-1950), Estella-born daughter of a local pharmacist and concejal.she was daughter to Alsasua-born Eusebio Ollo Miranda and Manilla-born Carolina Elordi, Garcia-Sanz Marcotegui 1995, p. 49 The couple had 10 children, born between 1891 and 1910.two of them died in early infancy Most were engaged in Basque nationalist politics. The best known, Manuel, was minister in the Republican government during the Civil War. Also other sons held posts in Basque Republican administration,Andres was responsible for re-organisation of Basque security forces. Some account highlight his role in bringing order to the militia-dominated security troops and their later organized withdrawal. Others highlight his role in rounding up political enemies, Pablo Larraz Andía, Víctor Sierra-Sesumaga (eds.), Requetés. De las trincheras al olvidio, Madrid 2011, , p. 286. Pello is known mostly for facilitaing escape of an endangered archbishop to the Nationalist zone, Iñaki Egaña, Quién es quién en la historia del país de los vascos, Tafalla 2005, , p. 263 two of them – Andrés and Pello - known for their contribution to the Basque culture during exile yearsmost of the family were arrested by the Nationalists either in Navarre on in Gipúzkoa in 1936, many of them sentenced to death. Females were exchanged for prisoners held by the Republicans in 1937, males were released in 1938. Jesús de Galíndez, Los vascos en el Madrid sitiado: memorias del Partido Nacionalista Vasco y de la Delegación de Euzkadi en Madrid desde septiembre de 1936 a mayo de 1937, Tafalla 1002, , p. 142 in Southern America.Iñaki Egaña, Diccionario histórico-político de Euskal Herria, Tafalla 1996, , p. 447, Josu Checa, Prólogo a la presente edición, [in:] Manuel Irujo Ollo, Inglaterra y los vascos, Tafalla 2004, , pp. 10-11. For exile record of Irujo’s widow see Aniana Ollo de Irujo entry, [in:] exiliadosrepublicanos service, available here Some lived long enough to return to Spain following the death of Franco.
