Born: 05 September 1884, Drumhirk Cottage, Ahabog, County Monaghan
Entered: 07 September 1900, St Stanislaus College, Tullabeg, County Offaly

Left Society of Jesus: 12 April 1909

Father was a Senior Inspector of National Schools. Parents then moved first to Belfast and then to Cabra, Dublin.

Youngest of four brothers still living and two sisters

Educated at St Louis School, Monaghan, then Christian Brothers at Donegal Place, Belfast, then St Peter’s NS, Phibsborough and then Belvedere College SJ.

1900-1902: St Stanislaus College, Tullabeg, County Offaly, Novitiate
1902-1903: St Stanislaus College, Tullabeg, County Offaly, Rhetoric
1904-1907: Kasteel Gemert, Netherlands (TOLO) , Philosophy
1907-1908: Clongowes Wood College SJ, Regency
1908-1909: Belvedere College SJ, Dublin, Regency