Born: 15 August 1888, Derrigrea, Drimleague, County Cork
Entered: 01 Fenruary 1907, St Stanislaus College, Tullabeg, County Offaly

Left Society of Jesus: 1908

Parents farmers. Father died in 1896.

Seventh of nine sons and he had one sister.

Educated at Drimoleague NS he went to an NS in Dunmanway for one year, and then to CBC Cork