Fullerton, Thomas J, 1889-1976, Oratorian priest and fomer Jesuit scholastic

Person

Fullerton, Thomas J, 1889-1976, Oratorian priest and fomer Jesuit scholastic

17 August 1889-09 March 1976

Born: 17 August 1889, Royal Marine Road, Dun Laoghaire, County Dublin.
Entered: 27 June 1914, St Stanislaus College, Tullabeg, County Offaly
Died: 09 March 1976, The Oratory of Saint Philip Neri, Hagley Road, Birmingham, England

Left Society of Jesus: 03 April 1917

Father was a wine and spirits grocer and died in 1909.. Mother then lived at Crosthwaite Park, Dun Laoghaire.

Youngest of family and only surviving son. Father was twice married and had nine children, of whom six are living: one step-sister, four sisters (1 a novice in Notre Dame Sisters) and Thomas.

Educated privately in Dun Laoghaire, the Our Lady’s Bower, Athlone, Clongowes Wood College and UCD, where he obtained a BA in 1909. He then became a solicitor’s apprentice at Messers. O’Connell & Son, Dublin. In 1911 he became a BL, and in 1913 admitted as a solicitor in the Supremem Court in Ireland.

1914-1916: St Stanislaus College, Tullabeg,Novitiate
1916-1917: Mungret College SJ, Regency

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