Born: 1586, Dublin City, County Dublin
Entered: 1605, Évora, Portugal - Lusitaniae Province (LUS)
Died: 1609-1619
Official Catalogus Defuncti MISSING

◆ In Chronological Catalogue Sheet

◆ Old/16 has : “P Robert Byrne”; DOB 1586 Dublin; Ent 1605 Portugal; RIP 1609 & 1619

◆ Fr Edmund Hogan SJ “Catalogica Chronologica” :
DOB 1586 Dublin; Ent 1605 Portugal; RIP 1609-1617

◆ Francis Finegan SJ Biographical Dictionary 1598-1773
He was born in Dublin, c September 1587, studied a short time at the Irish College, Lisbon, before he entered the Society in that city, 1605, and made his Noviceship at Évora. He studied Philosophy for four years at Coimbra, and by 1614 had done two years of Theology, and was then in poor health at the Irish College, Lisbon.

Conflicting entries in the catalogi of that year make it impossible to determine whether or not he was already a priest, and lacunae in the catalogi for succeeding years also make it impossible to assign the date of his death.

◆ Henry Foley - Records of the English province of The Society of Jesus Vol VII
BIRNE, ROBERT (Irish); entered the Society 1605. (Hogan's Ibernia, p. 429.)

Born: 1603, Dublin City, County Dublin
Entered: April 1620, Lisbon, Portugal - Lusitaniae Province (LUS)
Died: 1628, Évora, Portugal
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◆ In Chronological Catalogue Sheet as “da Cruz” Ent 1620

◆ Old/15 (1) has “da Cruz” Ent 1620, RIP 1628

◆ CATSJ A-H has “da Cruz or Cruise”; DOB c 1602 Dublin; Ent November 1620 Lisbon;
1625 At Coimbra 2nd course of Arts
1628 Teacher of Latin at Évora

◆ Francis Finegan SJ Biographical Dictionary 1598-1773
He was born in Dublin, 1603, and entered the Society at Lisbon, April 1620.

After his Noviceship he was sent to Évora for his Philosophy course, after which he was appointed to make his regency in the Jesuit school of that town, where he taught Latin.

His name disappears from the records after 1628

Born: 04 September 1860, St Louis, MO, USA
Entered: 18 September 1880, Milltown Park, Dublin
Died; 18 August 1884, St Ignatius College, Riverview, Sydney, Australia

Early Irish Australian Mission 1882

◆ HIB Menologies SJ :
He was raised at both Wexford and St Louis, MO, USA. When he came back to Ireland he received an education at Tullabeg.

Due to health issues he was sent to Australia while still a Novice, and he made his First Vows at Riverview, Sydney. By that stage he knew his recovery was hopeless, but he performed his duties as Second Prefect with all his remaining energy, until a few days before his death. He received the Last Sacraments on August 13th 1884, and his next few days were spent in meditation and prayer. His weakness increased rapidly and he died calmly in his chair on the night of 18/08/1884. A zealous promoter of the Holy Childhood, he had collected five pounds just before he died for the redemption of Chinese children.

Note from Edmund Bohan Entry :
1882 He was sent for Regency to Australia with John Flynn, both being delicate in health.

◆ David Strong SJ “The Australian Dictionary of Jesuit Biography 1848-2015”, 2nd Edition, Halstead Press, Ultimo NSW, Australia, 2017 - ISBN : 9781925043280
John Flynn spent much of his childhood in the USA. After education at St Stanislaus' College, Tullabeg, he entered the Society at Milltown Park in September 1880. After a year it was discovered he had consumption and was sent to Australia with another novice sufferer, Edmund Bohan, and arrived in December 1882. He went to Riverview where he took vows, but the disease was worse than expected and little could be done. He worked in the school as second division prefect up to a few days before he died.

◆ Fr Francis Finegan : Admissions 1859-1948 - Born in America of Irish parents (County Wexford)

Born: 04 October 1668, Dublin City, County Dublin
Entered: 10 February 1692,
Ordained: ???
Post 1696
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◆ In Chronological Catalogue Sheet as Ent 10/02/1692

◆ Old/15 (1) has in pencil (23) Ent 10/02/1692 and RIP after 1696

◆ CATSJ A-H has a DOB 04/10/1668 Dublin; Ent 10/02/1692;
1696 At Naples College and had studied 2 years Theology in Society

◆ MacErlean Cat Miss HIB SJ 1670-1770
1693 NAP Cat
Novitiate Naples
“Franciscus Hart”
Born 04/10/1668 London (but Dublin from 1696)
Entered 10/02/1693

1696 NAP Cat
Collegium Naples
“Franciscus Hart”
Born 04/10/1668 Dublin (Cat 1693 London)
Entered 10/02/1692
Studied Rhetoric and Theology 2

Born: 10 April 1839, Cashel, County Tipperary
Entered: 07 September 1859, Beaumont, England - Angliae Province (ANG) / Milltown Park Dublin
Died: 26 August 1869, Poulaphouca, Co Wicklow

Part of Clongowes Wood College SJ community at time of his death.

2nd year Novitiate at Tullabeg ;
by 1868 at Leuven Belgium (BELG) Studying

◆ HIB Menologies SJ :
After First Vows he was sent immdeiately as Prefect to Tullabeg.
1868-9 Sent to Louvain for Philosophy
1869 There was some difficulty in Prefecting at Clongowes, so he was sent there to help. During the summer holidays, Nicholas Walsh organised a trip to Wicklow. Whilst crossing a river, James fell in and was drowned 26 August 1869.
His death was met with universal regret on all sides for this splendid Jesuit.