Fr Doyle featured in a programme on Irish television this evening. The section dealing with his life is about 6 minutes long, and features some comments from me and some footage from his family home in Dalkey, including an interview with the current owner. We also get to see an old toy soldier that was found under the floorboards of the nursery a few years ago. Fr Doyle and his …
Fr Doyle links
November 30, 2014
Spirit Level, a programme on RTE 1 television (in Ireland) has a programme tomorrow on Just War. As part of this programme, there will be small segment on Fr Doyle and his life as a chaplain in World War 1. I was interviewed for the programme, and some filming was also done in the Irish Jesuit archives, as well as at Fr Doyle’s family home in Dalkey. I don’t know …
November 29, 2014
Spirit Level, a programme on RTE 1 television (in Ireland) has a programme this coming Sunday on Just War. As part of this programme, there will be small segment on Fr Doyle and his life as a chaplain in World War 1. I was interviewed for the programme, and some filing was also done in the Irish Jesuit archives, as well as at Fr Doyle’s family home in Dalkey. I …
November 28, 2014
St John XXIII Today is the feast of St John XXIII – his first feast day since his canonisation almost 6 months ago. St John is rightly loved as a good and holy pope. Just as many young Catholic have a great devotion to St John Paul as he was the pope of their formative years, so too there are many of an older generation who have a strong affection …
October 11, 2014
EWTN Radio recently re-broadcast an interview about Fr Doyle that I originally gave 2 years ago. The recoding can be found here. The segment about Fr Doyle starts about 20 minutes into the broadcast.
August 24, 2014
For some time I have been meaning to promote the existence of the book Trench Priest from the Sons of the Most Holy Redeemer. It is an excellent, and very affordable, 168 page magazine-style book, including photographs. It is largely based on Merry in God, written by Fr Charles Doyle SJ, brother of Fr Willie, which in turn is based on O’Rahilly’s original biography. The booklet also contains the text …
August 22, 2014
EWTN radio in Ireland and the UK will broadcast an interview about Fr Doyle this weekend. It will air at 8am (Dublin/London time) on Saturday (Fr Doyle’s 97th anniversary) and 12 noon on Sunday. I don’t know if those outside Ireland and the UK will be able to access the programme online at that time. However, I will post links to the interview after the event. The programme will also feature …
August 15, 2014
EWTN radio in Ireland and the UK will broadcast an interview about Fr Doyle this weekend. It will air at 8am (Dublin/London time) on Saturday and 12 noon on Sunday. I don’t know if those outside Ireland and the UK will be able to access the programme online at that time. However, I will post links to the interview after the event. The programme will also feature an interview about Fr …
August 8, 2014
As the 100th anniversary of the outbreak of the Great War approaches, there are many television and radio programmes scheduled to commemorate the event. A full list of relevant programmes on Irish television and radio can be found here: http://www.rte.ie/worldwar1/schedule/ Two programmes in particular look very relevant for Fr Doyle. On Monday July 28th there is a documentary about the 4 Irish regiments that took part in the war. And …
July 27, 2014
Fr Sean Coyle, a long time reader of this site (and blogger at www.bangortobobbio.blogspot.com) has sent a message to inform us that Fr Doyle was mentioned by Bishop Richard Moth, the Bishop of the British Forces, in a recent piece on BBC Radio 4. The programme is available here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b049xhfd. The clip featuring Bishop Moth runs from 08:15 to 13:00 and the mention of Fr Doyle is at 11:46. I am …
July 26, 2014