The following excerpt from O’Rahilly’s biography of Fr Doyle recalls Christmas Eve and Midnight Mass during the war in 1916… Christmas itself …
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December 24, 2022
I was very much annoyed because someone burnt the floor of my dug-out and also on finding my candles had been taken. …
December 23, 2022
My genius of an orderly fried meat and pudding together and, with a smile of triumph on his face, brought both on …
December 22, 2022
21 December: A day I always like because the turning point of the year and from this on the evenings will be …
December 21, 2022
Fr Doyle wrote the following letter to his sister from the trenches on 19th December 1916, 106 years ago today. It gives …
December 19, 2022
I cannot say i am quite in love with camp life, which in many respects is quite repellent. But even in these …
December 15, 2022
On this day in 1917, Major General Hickie paid another tribute to Fr Doyle. Writing to his father, Hugh Doyle, General Hickie …
December 15, 2022
Since I became chaplain I’ve grown very lazy and on mortified, the cause of much unhappiness and remorse to me. My excuse …
December 13, 2022
Received my appointment from the War Office as chaplain to the 16th Division. Fiat voluntas tua. What the future has in store …
November 15, 2022
104 years ago today the First World War came to an end. It was a dreadful war; the first industrial war in …
November 11, 2022