Born: 21 August 1909, Percival Street, Kanturk, County Cork
Entered: 01 September 1927, Tullabeg
Ordained: 03 June 1939
Final Vows: 02 February 1945
Died: 21 February 1988, Los Angeles, CA, USA - Californiae Province (CAL)

Transcribed HIB to CAL : 02 September 1929

Father was a draper.

Second eldest of six boys and has four sisters.

Early education was at a Convent school in Kanturk, then at Ballygraddy NS and then at Kanturk National School. He then got an entrance scholarship to St Colman’s, Fermoy at age 14.

◆ Fr Francis Finegan : Admissions 1859-1948 - Joined CAL Province for health reasons