4 January 1916 Before I thank you for your letter which was doubly welcome in my exile, I want to tell you …
WWI
January 4, 2026
How little the expression ‘we were shelled for two hours’ conveys to you. People read in their papers some mornings: ‘The enemy …
January 1, 2026
I have celebrated Mass in some strange places and under extraordinary conditions but somehow I was more than usually impressed this morning. …
December 28, 2025
The following two excerpts from a letter written by Fr Doyle recount two incidents that happened on St Stephen’s Day, 1916. They …
December 26, 2025
The following excerpt from O’Rahilly’s biography of Fr Doyle recalls Christmas Eve and Midnight Mass during the war in 1916… Christmas itself …
December 24, 2025
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, 2025
My genius of an orderly fried meat and pudding together and, with a smile of triumph on his face, brought both on …
December 22, 2025
21 December: A day I always like because the turning point of the year and from this on the evenings will be …
December 21, 2025
Fr Doyle wrote the following letter to his sister from the trenches on 19th December 1916, 109 years ago today. It gives …
December 19, 2025
I cannot say i am quite in love with camp life, which in many respects is quite repellent. But even in these …
December 15, 2025