Today we continue the narrative and consider the events of September 4, 1916. Next morning there was a short march over the …
WWI
September 4, 2018
The above image was published in an Irish newspaper at the end of 1916. The priest is unidentified, but we can …
September 3, 2018
The following praise for Fr Doyle appeared in the Glasgow Weekly News on this day in 1917. It was written by a …
September 1, 2018
The following was written about Fr Doyle by Sir Percival Phillips, the famous war correspondent, and appeared in the Daily Express on …
August 22, 2018
During his time away from the trenches Fr Doyle often stayed in a convent in Locre. If my memory serves me correctly, …
August 21, 2018
On this day in 1917, 4 days after Fr Doyle’s death, Fr Frank Browne, the famous photographer and Jesuit military chaplain, wrote …
August 20, 2018
My Martyrdom for Mary’s Sake. Darling Mother Mary, in preparation for the glorious martyrdom which I feel assured thou art going to …
August 16, 2018
The feast of the Assumption was an important feast for Fr Doyle. He made his religious vows on this feast in …
August 15, 2018
Fr Doyle’s last written words I have told you all my escapes, dearest Father, because I think what I have written will give …
August 14, 2018
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, 2018