Today we continue with Fr Doyle’s narrative on the battle for Messines Ridge with the events that occurred on June 7 1917. …
WWI
June 7, 2017
Today we have a small excerpt from one of Fr Doyle’s letters which describes his preparations for the Battle of Messines. It …
June 6, 2017
I have not told them at home, and do not want them to know but we have had a terrible time for …
June 5, 2017
I had not the heart to wake up the poor nuns, and after all when one is fast asleep, is not a …
June 4, 2017
Fr Doyle wrote the following letter to his father on 29 May 1917 – 100 years ago today. In this letter …
May 29, 2017
Dear Sir — One is often struck, on glancing over the papers, at the numerous appeals made to provide ‘comforts for our …
May 26, 2017
Last week The Irish Times published a special supplement on the First World War, and it contained 2 articles about Fr Doyle. …
May 25, 2017
One German prisoner, badly wounded in the leg, was brought in. He knew only a few words of English, but spoke French …
May 24, 2017
The following quote from one of Fr Doyle’s letters recounts some of his war time adventures on 23 May 1917, 100 years …
May 23, 2017
The enemy for once did me a good turn. I had arranged to hear the men’s Confessions, shortly before he opened …
May 22, 2017