We continue the narrative from O’Rahilly’s biography which recounts the events of September 5, 1916. Please note: this excerpt reveals the true …
WWI
September 5, 2020
Today we continue the narrative and consider the events of September 4, 1916. Next morning there was a short march over the …
September 4, 2020
The above image was published in an Irish newspaper at the end of 1916. The priest is unidentified, but we …
September 3, 2020
The following praise for Fr Doyle appeared in the Glasgow Weekly News on this day in 1917. It was written by a …
September 1, 2020
My Martyrdom for Mary’s Sake. Darling Mother Mary, in preparation for the glorious martyrdom which I feel assured thou art going to obtain …
August 16, 2020
The feast of the Assumption was an important date for Fr Doyle. He made his religious vows on this day …
August 15, 2020
Fr Doyle’s last written words I have told you all my escapes, dearest Father, because I think what I have written will …
August 14, 2020
Today we have the last of Fr Doyle’s narratives from his letters home to his father in August 1917, less than a …
August 11, 2020
Ecce Home: Behold the Man We return today to Fr Doyle’s narrative, and get some glimpse of the horror of war, …
August 10, 2020
Continuing our narrative today, it is hard not to be struck by the extraordinary good humour of Fr Doyle. The “cathedral” to …
August 8, 2020