Today we have a small excerpt from one of Fr Doyle’s letters which describes his preparations for the Battle of Messines. It …
WWI
June 6, 2015
I have not told them at home, and do not want them to know but we have had a terrible time for …
June 5, 2015
I had not the heart to wake up the poor nuns, and after all when one is fast asleep, is not a …
June 4, 2015
As you might like to know how the ‘game of raiding your neighbour’ is played, a sort of novelty for your next …
May 29, 2015
Dear Sir — One is often struck, on glancing over the papers, at the numerous appeals made to provide ‘comforts for our …
May 26, 2015
Fr Doyle wrote these words in late May 1917, and they recount some of the events he experienced in the war around …
May 25, 2015
The following quote from one of Fr Doyle’s letters recounts some of his war time adventures on 23 May 1917, 98 years …
May 23, 2015
Sometimes God seems to leave me to my weakness and I tremble with fear. At other times I have so much trust …
May 6, 2015
We continue today with an excerpt from the original letter detailing some of the work Fr Doyle had to undertake towards …
April 28, 2015
Fr Doyle sent the letter below to his father one year after the gas attack of April 1916 (see yesterday’s post). …
April 27, 2015