Born: 13 December 1865, Kilfinane, County Limerick
Entered: 10 November 1887, Frederick, MD, USA (MARNEB)
Ordained: 28 June 1900,

Left Society of Jesus: 1904

Educated Mungret College SJ 1892-1887

1887-1889: Frederick, MD, USA (MARNEB), Novitiate
1889-1890: St Joseph’s College SJ, 18th and Stiles Streets, Philadelphia PA, USA, Regency
1890-1891: Holy Cross College, Worcester MA, USA, Regency
1891-1894: Woodstock College, Woodstock MD, USA, Philosophy
1894-1897: Holy Cross College, Worcester MA, USA, Regency
1897-1901: Woodstock College, Woodstock MD, USA, Theology
1901-1903: Xavier College SJ, 16th Street, New York NY, USA, Teaching
1903-1904: Drongen, Belgiium (BELG), Tertianship

Born: 18 October 1888, St Patrick’s Quay, Cork City, County Cork
Entered: 16 January 1909, St Stanislaus College, Tullabeg, County Offaly

Left Society of Jesus: 08 October 1919 (from Milltown Park, for health reasons)

Father was a Master Mariner and was lost at sea shortly after William’s birth. Mother lives at “Tuckerville”, Copley Place, Cork City.

Younger of two boys.

Educated at PBC Cork and then St Colman’s Fermoy then after illness returned to PBC and then went to UCD.

1909-1911: St Stanislaus College, Tullabeg, , Novitiate
1911-1913: Stonyhurst England (ANG) studying Philosophy
1913-1914: Xavier College, Melbourne, Australia, Regency
1914-1916: St Ignatius College Riverview, Sydney, Australia, Regency
1916-1917: St Aloysius College SJ, Sydney, Australia, Regency
1917-1919: St Joseph’s College, Philadelphia in MARNEB Province - for health reasons
1919: Milltown Park