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O'Brien, Oliver, 1920-1994, former Jesuit priest
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30 June 1920-29 October 1994
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Born: 30 June 1920, Marlborough Street, Derry, County Derry
Entered: 07 September 1939, St Stanislaus College, Tullabeg, County Offaly
Ordained: 29 July 1954, Milltown Park, Dublin
First Final Vows: 02 February 1957, Belvedere College SJ
Died: 29 October 1994, Calvary Hospital, Adelaide, Australia (priest of Catholic Archdiocese of Adelaide)
Left Society of Jesus: 1993 for Adelaide Diocese
Older brother of Louis J O'Brien - LEFT 11 September 1945 and Vincent A O'Brien - LEFT 27 February 1948
Father was the Cathedral Organist and Professor of Music at the Diocesan College Derry, and then became the Director of The Municipal School of Music, Chatham Row, Dublin, and organist at St Francis Xavier’s Church, Gardiner Street. Family moved in 1930 to Merrion Road, Dublin.
Oldest of seven boys and two girls.
Early education was at a Convent school in Derry and then at St Columb’s College Derry. When they came to Dublin he went to Blackrock College CSSp,. On the advice of Father Kirwan SJ he then went to Belvedere College SJ in 1937.
1966/1967 Corpus Christi, Australia
by 1985 working in Catholic Archdiocese of Adelaide, Australia
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- County Derry » Derry City
- County Offaly (King's) » Ballycowan (Bar.) » Tullabeg » St Stanislaus College (Tullabeg)
- County Dublin » Dublin City » Sandford Road » Milltown Park
- County Dublin » Dublin City » Great Denmark Street » Belvedere College SJ
- Australia » Victoria » Werribee » Corpus Christi College (Werribee)
- Australia » South Australia » Adelaide » North Adelaide » Strangways Terrace » Calvary North Adelaide Hospital
- County Dublin » Booterstown » Blackrock College
- County Derry » Derry City » Buncrana Road » St Columb's College
- County Derry » Derry City » Marlborough Street (Derry City)
- Australia » South Australia » Adelaide » Wakefield Street » Catholic Archdiocese of Adelaide
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