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Following the outbreak of World War II on September 3, 1939, Monsignor Coghlan was appointed Assistant Deputy Chaplain-General of the British Army and the principal Roman Catholic Chaplain to the British Expeditionary Force (BEF), that sailed to France to serve alongside the French Army.

On returning to Britain from Dunkirk, Monsignor Coghlan was appointed to the rank of Vicar General of the British Army, becoming, in effect, the commanding officer of 700 Roman Catholic Chaplains who were serving in the British Army.

Dechales, Claude François Milliet, 1621-1678, Jesuit priest and mathematician

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1621-1678

Riordan, Frances

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23 St Clements Rd, Harrogate, England

Ó Luanaigh, Dónall, Keeper of Collections at NLI

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St Ignatius residence, Galway, 1862-

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1862-

On Sea Road, now Raleigh Row.

Evening Press, newspaper, 1954-1995

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1954-1995

Connacht Sentinel, newspaper, 1925-2004

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1925-2004

Galway Observer, newspaper

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Connacht Tribune, newspaper

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Irish Independent, newspaper, 1905-

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1905-

Guinness, 1759-

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1759-

West, Cecilia, editor

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Messenger Publications

Morris, Thomas, 1914-1997, Roman Catholic Archbishop of Cashel and Emly

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1914-1997

University of Melbourne, 1853-

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1853-

Newman College, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia, 1918-

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1918-

Newman College is named after John Henry Newman (1801-1890), one of the greatest English writers and theologians of the 19th century.

In 1911, Walter Burley Griffin won the international competition for the design of Canberra. Two years later, he came from the U.S.A. to begin the work. Not long afterwards he was invited to become the architect of the new University College which the Catholics of Victoria had decided should be erected on the site granted to them in 1882 by the Government of Victoria. The founders of Newman College received an initial donation of $30,000 from Mr. Thomas Donovan of Sydney, but the remainder of the funds required (over $60,000) was raised by collections in the parishes. On 11 June, 1916, the foundation stone was laid by Archbishop Carr, then Archbishop of Melbourne. It may still be seen near the present Office. Almost two years later - on 11 March, 1918 - the College was opened.

The administration of the College was entrusted to the Jesuit Fathers, under the College Council, and the College is still conducted by them. The Rectors have been: James O'Dwyer (1918-1919), Albert Power (1919-1923), Jeremiah Murphy (1923-1954), Philip Gleeson (1954-1961), Michael Scott (1961-1968), Gerald Daily (1968-1977), Brian Fleming (1977-1986), William Uren (1987-1990), Peter L'Estrange (1991- 2005), William Uren (2006 - 2019), Frank Brennan (2020 - ). The first lay Provost, Mr Sean Burke, was appointed in 2013.

When the College opened in 1918, 56 students were in residence. Originally, in accordance with Oxford and Cambridge practice, each student was given two rooms, but as the demand for residence increased the system was modified, so that two students shared two rooms. As designed by Griffin, Newman College was to consist of four wings, with the Chapel in between. Unfortunately, funds were lacking to complete this plan in the difficult years which followed World War 1, and in later years financial considerations forced a departure from Griffin's original design.

Vaughan, Bernard, 1847-1922, Jesuit priest