Born: 19 December 1918, Berea Terrace, Rathfarnham, Dublin City
Entered: 07 September 1936, St Mary's, Emo, County Laois

Left Society of Jesus: 25 August 1937

Parents were teachers, father died before 1936

Youngest of four boys (1 deceased)

Educated at a Convent school in Dublin and then at Mungret College SJ