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Born: 20 October 1906, Liverpool, Lancashire, England
Entered: 01 September 1927, St Stanislaus College, Tullabeg, County Offaly
Ordained: 31 July 1940, Milltown Park, Dublin
Final Vows: 15 August 1943
Died: 12 December 1961, Canisius College, Pymble, Sydney, Australia
Transcribed HIB to ASL : 05 April 1931
◆ David Strong SJ “The Australian Dictionary of Jesuit Biography 1848-2015”, 2nd Edition, Halstead Press, Ultimo NSW, Australia, 2017 - ISBN : 9781925043280 :
He Entered the Society at St Stanislaus College Tullabeg.
1929-1930 After First Vows he was a “home” Junior at Rathfarnham Castle
1930-1934 He was sent to Tullabeg for Philosophy
1934-1937 He was sent to Australia teaching at St Ignatius College Riverview for Regency
1937-1941 He was back in Ireland at Milltown Park for Theology
1941-1942 He made Tertianship at Rathfarnham
1942-1943 He was sent back to Australia to teach at Xavier College Kew, but was thought more suited to Parish work,
1944-1945 He was at the Norwood Parish
1945-1953 He was sent to the Lavender Bay Parish
1953-1954 He was at St Mary’s Miller Street Parish
1954-1958 He was sent to the Richmond Parish
1958 He was sent to Canisius College Pymble as Spiritual Father due to ill health.
He was very like Father Sydney McEwan in appearance and had a beautiful singing voice. He suffered from heart disease for some years and died suddenly at morning tea.
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Obituary of Fr Denis Gilmore SJ taken from 'The Australian Dictionary of Jesuit Biography 1848 - 1998', by David Strong S.J., 1999, pp120.
Includes papers copies of photographs of Fr Denis Gilmore sent by email by Archivist, Society of Jesus, Australia, May 2011.
- Irish Juniors at Rathfarnham, 1931
- Tullabeg, 1933
- Riverview, May 1935
- On board SS Mosel, 1937
- Ordination at Milltown Park, 1940
- Theologian Group, Milltown Park, 1940
- Tertianship at Rathfarnham, 1941
- St Aloysius College, c.1954
- Pymble, 1961
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- Australia » New South Wales » Sydney » Pymble
- County Dublin » Dublin City » Sandford Road » Milltown Park
- County Dublin » Dublin City » Rathfarnham » Rathfarnham Castle
- Australia » New South Wales » Sydney » Milsons Point » St Aloysius College (Sydney)
- County Offaly (King's) » Ballycowan (Bar.) » Tullabeg » St Stanislaus College
- Australia » New South Wales » Sydney » Riverview » St Ignatius College (Riverview)
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- Gilmore, Denis, 1906-1961, Jesuit priest (Subject)