Born: 01 September 1828, Dublin City, County Dublin
Entered: 24 September 1849, St Acheul, Amiens, France - Franciae Province (FRA)

Left Society of Jesus: 1856

1849-1851: St Acheul, Amiens, France (FRA), Novitiate
1851-1853: Brugelette College, Brugelette, Belgium (FRA), Philosophy
1853-1854: Clongowes Wood College SJ, Regency
1854-1855: Roman College, Rome Italy (ROM), Theology
1855-1856: Montauban, France (TOLO), Theology

Born: 08 August 1899, Marl Park, Shannongrove, Pallaskenry, County Limerick
Entered: 31 August 1916, St Stanislaus College, Tullabeg, County Offaly

Left Society of Jesus: 06 August 1925

Parents lived at Mulcair, Barringtons Bridge, County Limerick, supported by a small farm and his father’s job as a canvasser for Irish Independent Newspapers.

Eldest of four sons with one sister.

Early education at a National School in Scotland, then they came to Ireland and he was educated at Sacred Heart College SJ (Crescent)

1916-1918: St Stanislaus College, Tullabeg, Novitiate
1918-1920: St Stanislaus College, Tullabeg, studying Rhetoric
1920-1922: Maison Saint Louis, Jersey Channel Islands (FRA) studying Philosophy
1922-1924: Régis College, Montpelier, France (TOLO) Regency
1924-1925: Milltown Park, studying Philosopjy