Fr Doyle had a tremendous joy and cheerfulness that easily communicated itself to others. He also retained this sense of fun despite …
WWI
July 20, 2016
Fr Doyle in the pulpit during his last homily, July 1917 Fr Doyle gave his last homily 99 years ago today. Here …
July 15, 2016
I recorded a radio interview about Fr Doyle for EWTN’s Celtic Connections radio programme last week. The main focus was Fr …
July 11, 2016
BBC 1 Northern Ireland will air a programme entitled Voices 16 – Somme this coming Wednesday at 9pm. I don’t know if …
June 27, 2016
Today the Church celebrates the feast of the birth of St John the Baptist. The Church only celebrates the birth of …
June 24, 2016
Today we continue with Fr Doyle’s narrative on the battle for Messines Ridge with the events that occurred on June 7 1917. …
June 7, 2016
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, 2016
I have not told them at home, and do not want them to know but we have had a terrible time for …
June 5, 2016
I had not the heart to wake up the poor nuns, and after all when one is fast asleep, is not a …
June 4, 2016
A certain Roman Catholic chaplain…lies in a soldier’s grave in that sinister plain beyond Ypres. He went forward and back over the …
May 30, 2016