Sir William Bernard Hickie was Major General of the 16th Irish Division and knew Fr Doyle extremely well. He wrote the following …
WWI
November 18, 2023
Received my appointment from the War Office as chaplain to the 16th Division. Fiat voluntas tua. What the future has in store …
November 15, 2023
105 years ago today the First World War came to an end. It was a dreadful war; the first industrial war in …
November 11, 2023
My offering myself as a war chaplain to the Provincial has had a wonderful effect on me. I long to go and …
November 10, 2023
Fr Doyle wrote the following in his diary on October 25 1916. It refers to the previous night, in other words, this …
October 24, 2023
Pray for all, but especially for sinners, and in particular for those whose sins are most painful to His Sacred Heart. With …
October 9, 2023
I was very much annoyed because because someone burnt the floor of my dug-out and also on finding my candles had been …
September 25, 2023
Lieutenant Colonel H. R. Stirke, who commanded the 8th Dublins, had the following praise for Fr Doyle in a note that he …
September 13, 2023
For fifteen months Fr Doyle and I worked together out here, generally sharing the same dug-outs and billets, we became fast friends. …
September 9, 2023
By cutting a piece out of the side of the trench I was just able to stand in front of my tiny …
September 9, 2023