I did not get my work finished till rather late tonight and as I had to turn out again shortly it was …
WWI
January 4, 2020
Before I thank you for your letter which was doubly welcome in my exile, I want to tell you the New Year’s …
January 4, 2020
How little the expression ‘we were shelled for two hours’ conveys to you. People read in their papers some mornings: ‘The enemy …
January 1, 2020
How little the expression ‘we were shelled for two hours’ conveys to you. People read in their papers some mornings: ‘The enemy …
January 1, 2020
I have celebrated Mass in some strange places and under extraordinary conditions but somehow I was more than usually impressed this morning. …
December 28, 2019
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, 2019
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, 2019
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, 2019
My genius of an orderly fried meat and pudding together and, with a smile of triumph on his face, brought both on …
December 22, 2019
I had just finished breakfast when I heard Miss Krupp come singing overhead with that peculiar note which warns of her proximity. …
December 21, 2019