Born: 27 September 1894, Bandon, County Cork
Entered: 07 September 1911, St Stanislaus College, Tullabeg, County Offaly

Left Society of Jesus: 1915

Father in Excise duty work. Mother died in 1907

Second eldest of seven boys, with five sisters (2 deceased). Eldest brother has emigrated to America.

Education was at a National School in Bandon and then at thirteen went to Clongowes Wood College SJ. He finished at PBC Cork.

1911-1913: St Stanislaus College, Tullabeg, County Offaly
1913-1915: Rathfarnham Castle, Dublin, Rhetoric

◆ Fr Francis Finegan : Admissions 1859-1948 - LEFT Society after going to Rathfarnham in 1913 before Vows. Was killed in France during the WWI in 1918