Born: 17 November 1884, Cecil Street, Limerick City, County Limerick
Entered: 07 September 1902, St Stanislaus College, Tullabeg, County Offaly

Left Society of Jesus: 1904

Father was a doctor and died in 1890. Family lived at Richmond Terrace Limerick City, County Limerick

Eldest of two boys.

Educated at St Munchin’s, Limerick and then went to the Redemptorists Juniorate in Broadford. Then he went to Crescent College SJ