Creagh, John G, 1899-, former Jesuit scholastic
- IE IJA ADMN/7/41
- Person
- 08 August 1899-
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