A copy of Fr Doyle's last letter, written 94 years ago today The picture above is a copy of the last written …
WWI
August 14, 2011
Unexploded shells from World War 1 Today we have the last of Fr Doyle’s narratives from his letters home to his father …
August 11, 2011
Ecce Homo: Behold the Man We return today to Fr Doyle’s narrative, and get some glimpse of the horror of war, and …
August 10, 2011
Continuing our narrative today, it is hard not to be struck by the extraordinary good humour of Fr Doyle. The “cathedral” to …
August 8, 2011
A German gas attack seen from the air Today’s account, from 7 August 1917, gives us some small insight into the horrors …
August 7, 2011
World War 1 First Aid station The events of August 6 1917 in Fr Doyle’s own words. In particular today we note …
August 6, 2011
A flooded shell hole We once again resume Fr Doyle’s narrative of the events at the Battle of Passchendaele. This is his …
August 5, 2011
Fr Francis Browne SJ We have no more reports from Fr Doyle until August 5th, and we shall take up his narrative …
August 2, 2011
1st August Feast of St Alphonsus Liguori, Doctor of the Church We continue today with Fr Doyle’s narrative of events in the …
August 1, 2011
July 31st The feast of St Ignatius Loyola, Founder of the Jesuits. We continue Fr Doyle’s account of July 31, 1917 directly …
July 31, 2011