Born: 08 May 1919, Belmullet, County Mayo
Entered: 125 September 1937, St Mary's, Emo, County Laois

Left Society of Jesus: 10 February 1945

Father, John, was in the RIC and retired with his family to Jones Road, Drumcondra, Dublin, County Dublin. He died in 1938. Mother, Bridget (Breslin).

Youngest of four boys and one sister who is a Mercy nun.

Early education at a Convent school in Dublin he then went to O’Connell schools

1937-1939: St Mary's, Emo, Novitiate
1939-1942: Rathfarnham Castle, Juniorate, UCD
1942-1945: St Stanislaus College, Tullabeg, Philosophy

After leaving he entered a seminary in New York and was ordained priest in 1937.

Died 2000