100 years ago tonight Fr Doyle was awoken to absolve some dying soldiers. This is his description of the event, sent home …
WWI
January 13, 2017
I did not get my work finished till rather late tonight and as I had to turn out again shortly it was …
January 4, 2017
Fr Doyle wrote the following in his diary on this day in 1916: I have celebrated Mass in some strange places and …
December 28, 2016
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, 2016
The following excerpt from O’Rahilly’s biography of Fr Doyle recalls Christmas Eve and Midnight Mass during the war in 1916… Christmas …
December 24, 2016
My genius of an orderly fried meat and pudding together and, with a smile of triumph on his face, brought both on …
December 22, 2016
21 December: A day I always like because the turning point of the year and from this on the evenings will be …
December 21, 2016
Soldiers cooking Christmas dinner at the front Fr Doyle wrote the following letter to his sister from the trenches on 19th December …
December 19, 2016
On this day in 1917, Major General Hickie paid another tribute to Fr Doyle. Writing to his father, Hugh Doyle, General Hickie …
December 15, 2016
Sir William Bernard Hickie was Major General of the 16th Irish Division and knew Fr Doyle extremely well. He wrote the following …
November 18, 2016