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Born: 15 July 1922, Coote Terrace, Portlaoise, County Laois
Entered: 07 September 1939, St Stanislaus College, Tullabeg, County Offaly
Ordained: 31 July 1953, Milltown Park, Dublin
Final Vows: 02 February 1956, Loyola, Tai Lam Chung, Hong Kong
Left Society of Jesus: 1970
Transcribed: HIB to HK - 03 December 1966
Parents William, a Chemist and a Dentist and Gertrude (Aird)
Eldest of a family of eight sons (1 deceased) and four daughters (1 deceased).
Early education was at the Christian Brothers Portarlington for ten years.
1939-1941: St Stanislaus College, Tullabeg, Novitiate
1941-1944: Rathfarnham Castle, Juniorate, UCD
1944-1947: St Stanislaus College, Tullabeg,, Philosophy
1947-1949: Yim Yuan, Paak Chue Lo, Tungshan, Canton, China (Hong Kong) - Regency, learning language
1949-1950: Wah Yan College, Hong Kong, Regency
1950-1954: Milltown Park, Theology
1954-1955: Rathfarnham Castle, Tertianship
1955-1956 Cheung Chau, Language studies
1956-1963: Wah Yan, Kowloon Teaching in Chu Hai College. From 1958 also at United Colleges. From 1962 in New Asia College
1963--1964: Fordham NY, USA (NEB) studying for MA at Columbia University in English Litterature
1964-1965: Wah Yan, Kowloon Teaching in United Colleges and Northcote Training College
1965-1969: Ricci Hall, Hong Kong, Teaching in United Colleges and Northcote Training College
1969-1970: Leave of Absence. At University
Address 2000: Hong Lok Road East, Taipo, New Territories, Hong Kong
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Memoranda on Chinese post-secondary colleges in Hong Kong and on the problem of staffing a Catholic post-secondary college.
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The Irish Jesuit Archives are open only to bona fide researchers. Access by advance appointment. Further details: [email protected]
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No material may be reproduced without the written permission of the Archivist. Copyright restrictions apply. Photocopying is not available. Digital photography is at the discretion of the Archivist.
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2001