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Born: 25 August 1916, Fir Grove House, Faithlegg, County Waterford
Entered: 07 September 1934, St Mary's, Emo, County Laois

Left Society of Jesus: 11 january 1936

Father was the Clerk at the District Court in Waterford and mother was a teacher at Faithlegg NS.

Eldest of three boys with two sisters.

Early education at Faithlegg NS for eleven years and then at Waterpark College for four years.

Born: 23 October 1914, Glenview House, Clonmel, County Tipperary
Entered: 07 September 1934, St Mary's, Emo, County Laois

Left Society of Jesus: 24 April 1936

Parents were farmers

Eldest of five boys with two sisters.

Educated at the High School, Clonmel, he then went to Mount Mellaray and then to Mungret College SJ

Born: 23 May 1917, Bridge House, Youghal, County Cork
Entered: 12 November 1940, St Mary's, Emo, County Laois

Left Society of Jesus: 07 March 1941

Father, Charles, worked for Cork and Waterford County Councils, specifically managing the bridge near Youghal. Mother was Johanna (Hogan). He lived at Beechwood Avenue, Ranelagh, Dublin from age 18.

Third of four boys with two sisters.

Early education for seven years at a National School near Youghal, he then went to the Christian Brothers Secondary School in Youghal (1930-1935). After school he got a post as a clerical officer in the Civil Service.

Baptised at The Church of Our Lady of Good Counsel, Clashmore, County Waterford, 27/05/1917
Confirmed at The Church of Our Lady of Good Counsel, Clashmore, County Waterford, by Dr Hackett of Waterford and Lismore, 11/06/1930

Born: 21 July 1882, Tramore, County Waterford
Entered: 07 September 1899, St Stanislaus College, Tullabeg, County Offaly

Left Society of Jesus: March 1900

◆ Fr Francis Finegan : Admissions 1859-1948 - Clongowes student. Ward in Chancery, compelled to leave Novitiate after 6 months. He studied in Dublin for a while and then became lieutenant in the army and served in the Boer War campaign 1900-1902

Born: 27 March 1862, Birr, County Offaly
Entered: 13 January 1894, St Stanislaus College, Tullabeg, County Offaly

Left Society of Jesus: 1895

Educated at Castleknock College and Mount Mellary then St Sulpice and All Hallows

Born: 07 July 1859, Kilbaha, Newtownsands, County Kerry
Entered: 10 September 1879, Milltown Park, Dublin

Left Society of Jesus: 1880

Educated at Newtownsands NS, and Classical School Tralee and Mount Mellary

◆ Fr Francis Finegan : Admissions 1859-1948 - KENNELY

Born: 19 July 1906, Tramore, County Waterford
Entered: 13 September 1924, St Stanislaus College, Tullabeg, County Offaly

Left Society of Jesus: 14 January 1925

◆ Fr Francis Finegan : Admissions 1859-1948 - Clongowes student

Born: 20 June 1884, Dundrum House, Dundrum, Dublin, County Dublin
Entered: 06 September 1902, St Stanislaus College, Tullabeg, County Offaly
Died: 16 May 1963, Sandyford, County Dublin

Left Society of Jesus: July 1903

Father was Chief Justice in Newfoundland, and died in 1897. Mother lived at New Brighton, Monkstown, Dublin.

3 sisters (one deceased) and none brothers (2 deceased) and is the youngest in the family.

Education at Clongowes

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DICTIONARY OF IRISH BIOGRAPHY

Little, Patrick John (‘P. J.’)

Contributed by
Coleman, Marie

Little, Patrick John (‘P. J.’) (1884–1963), journalist, lawyer, and politician, was born 17 June 1884 in Dundrum, Co. Dublin, son of Philip Francis Little and Mary Jane Little (née Holdwright). His father, born in Canada of Irish parents, was a former leader of the Liberal party in Newfoundland, and served as premier, attorney general, and high court judge in Newfoundland, before coming to Ireland, where he became a supporter of the Irish parliamentary party.

Educated at Clongowes Wood College, Little studied law at UCD, where he was a prominent figure in the Literary and Historical Society. Associated with journalism from his time as manager of UCD's St Stephen's magazine, he was editor of various Sinn Féin newspapers between 1915 and 1926, including Old Ireland, New Ireland, Éire, Sinn Féin, and An Phoblacht. Involved in the forgery of the ‘Castle document’ which ordered the suppression of the Irish Volunteers prior to the Easter rising, he was on the Sinn Féin executive 1917–22, and stood as Sinn Féin candidate for Dublin Rathmines in the 1918 general election but was defeated by the unionist Sir Maurice Edward Dockrell (qv). From April to December 1921 he was a diplomatic representative of Dáil Éireann, visiting South Africa and South America, and in January 1922 attended the Irish Race Conference in Paris as Brazilian representative. He also became a partner in the legal firm Little, Proud, & Ó hUadhaigh, where one of his partners was Seán Ó hUadhaigh (qv).

An opponent of the Anglo–Irish treaty and founder member of Fianna Fáil, he was elected TD for Waterford in the June 1927 general election, a seat he held until his retirement from politics in 1954. Having served (1933–9) as parliamentary secretary to Éamon de Valera (qv) as minister for external affairs and president of the executive council/taoiseach, he was minister for posts and telegraphs 1939–48, which included responsibility for broadcasting. As minister he utilised the influence of his office for the development of arts and music. He had a particular interest in developing the potential of radio, and promoted the broadcasting of traditional and classical music on Radio Éireann, which included the hosting of a large series of public symphonic concerts by RÉ during the 1940s. Opposed to direct political control of broadcasting, he believed that it should be administered by a semi-state body.

Throughout the 1940s he championed unsuccessfully the establishment of a national concert hall, which he linked with his support for a council of national culture. When the British government established the Arts Council of Great Britain in late 1945, he looked to it as a model of what might be established in Ireland. The Arts Act 1951, which established An Chomhairle Ealaíon (Arts Council) and was enacted shortly before the government of John A. Costello (qv) left office, was essentially what Little had proposed in 1946. It was appropriate that de Valera, who regarded Little as his arts advisor, should appoint him director for a five-year term (Costello had intended to appoint Thomas Bodkin (qv)). Despite his age (he was 68 on appointment) he was an energetic director, and effective to the extent that the financial constraints of the early 1950s permitted. He established specialist panels to advise on particular aspects of the arts and followed the British example in launching local advisory committees (an initiative that ultimately petered out). Little did not stand in the 1954 general election.

Outside politics,
Little was involved for many years in working for the sick in Lourdes as a brancardier and was made a chef de service in 1935. He married (1917) Seonaid Ní Leoid; they had no children, but Seonaid had two daughters and a son from a previous marriage. He died 16 May 1963 at his home, Clonlea, Sandyford, Co. Dublin.

Sources
Liam C. Skinner, Politicians by accident (1946); Arts Council of Ireland, Annual Reports (1951–6); James Meenan (ed), Centenary history of the Literary and Historical Society (1955); Ir. Press, 17 May 1963; Maurice Gorham, Forty years of Irish broadcasting (1967); Vincent Browne (ed.), Magill book of Irish politics (1981); Walker; DCB, xii (1990); Brian P. Kennedy, Dreams and responsibilities. The state and the arts in independent Ireland [1990]; Ronan Fanning et al. (ed.), Documents on Irish foreign policy, i, 1919–22 (1998)

Born: 29 December 1909, Rathscanlan, Swinford, County Mayo
Entered: 07 September 1934, St Mary's, Emo, County Laois

Left Society of Jesus: 30 March 1935

Parents were farmers. Father died in 1932

Eldest of three boys.

Early education was at local primary school, and then he wanted to become a National School Teacher, and was tutored by the Principal, and attended night classes in Irish. In 1927 he got a scholarship for a Gaeltacht course at Tourmakeady Irish College. Tried a few times to get accepted for Teacher Training, but just missed out. Applied to Mungret but did not get accepted so he went to Mount Melleray in January 1932.. Then he was accepted at Mungret in 1932 to 1934.

Born: 08 August 1924, Castleknock, Dublin City, County Dublin
Entered: 13 September 1947, St Mary's, Emo, County Laois

Left Society of Jesus: 13 May 1948

Father was James, a publican, and Mother was May (Carroll).

1 Brother and 2 Sisters

Educated for 10 years at Belvedere College SJ, and then spent two years at Mount Mellaray doing Philosophy

Subsequently went to All Hallows College as a candidate for priesthood and by 1951 was in 2nd year of Theology

Born: 14 July 1871, County Waterford
Entered: 30 December 1893, St Stanislaus College, Tullabeg, County Offaly

Left Society of Jesus: January 1894

◆ Fr Francis Finegan : Admissions 1859-1948 - Was in Maynooth 4.5 years. LEFT within three weeks

Born: 02 July 1916, Prior Park House, Clonmel, County Tipperary
Entered: 07 September 1934, St Mary's, Emo, County Laois

Left Society of Jesus: 12 November 1936 for health reasons

Father was in the motor trade and coach manufacturing business. Mother died in June 1927, and father remarried some years later.

Eldest of the first family of two boys. Second family is three girls and two boys.

Early education was at the Christian Brothers school Clonmel he then went to Mount Melleray for two years.

1934-1936: St Mary's, Emo, County Laois, Novitiate
1936-1937: Rathfarnham Castle, Dublin, Juniorate

◆ Fr Francis Finegan : Admissions 1859-1948 - Mount Mellaray student; Went to Rathfarnham without Vows, and LEFT from there due to ill health

Born: 29 September 1849, Cork City, County Cork
Entered: 29 August 1873, Milltown Park, Dublin

Left Society of Jesus: 14 February 1874

Educated at CBC Cork and Clondalkin and Mount Mellary

Born: 10 September 1863, Dublin City, County Dublin
Entered: 14 August 1893, St Stanislaus College, Tullabeg, County Offaly

Left Society of Jesus: March 1894

◆ Fr Francis Finegan : Admissions 1859-1948 - Clerk at GSR Rail before entry; LEFT after six months and was received into Mount Mellary

Born: Waterford City, County Waterford
Entered: 1619, Salamanca, Spain
Ordained:

Left Society of Jesus: 1621

◆ In Chronological Catalogue Sheet as “Patrick Sherolus” Ent c1619 and Old/15 (1)

◆ Old/16 has : “Patrick Sherolus”; DOB Waterford; Ent 1619 Salamanca

◆ Fr Edmund Hogan SJ “Catalogica Chronologica” :
DOB Waterford; Ent 1619 Salamanca

Born: 12 March 1879, County Waterford
Entered: 08 September 1898, St Stanislaus College, Tullabeg, County Offaly

Left Society of Jesus: 1899