Vow crucifixes belonging to Fr Willie Doyle SJ
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Vow crucifixes belonging to Fr Willie Doyle SJ.
Vow crucifixes belonging to Fr Willie Doyle SJ
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Vow crucifixes belonging to Fr Willie Doyle SJ.
Various photographs and telegram announcing Fr Willie Doyle’s death
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Photograph of aid post with Fr John Gwynn SJ (c.1914) faded photograph of Fr Willie Doyle SJ; Jesuits at Portnoo (1910); telegram announcing Fr Willie Doyle’s death; letter between Rev. Mother, Sister Benedict of the Convent of Locre, Belgium and Fr William F. Browne C.C. (21-31 August 1917), Fr Frank Browne’s brother.
Stole belonging to Fr Willie Doyle SJ
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Stole belonging to Fr Willie Doyle SJ who had it with him at the front from February 1916-March 1917 (his last home leave) with the inscription ‘Forgot not the kindness of thy surety for he hath given his life for thee’ written by Fr Doyle SJ (05 March 1917). With box.
Doyle, Willie, 1873-1917, Servant of God, Jesuit priest and chaplain
Soap, scissors, pencil, examen beads, rosary beads and buttons belonging to Fr Willie Doyle SJ
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Various articles, including soap, scissors, pencil, examen beads, rosary beads and buttons, 'some found on his person when he was killed'. Includes leaflets ‘Reasons for being a Catholic’ and Fr Doyle’s ‘Pioneer Pin’. With box.
Doyle, Willie, 1873-1917, Servant of God, Jesuit priest and chaplain
Sketches of Fr Willie Doyle SJ
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Various pictures and sketches of Fr Willie Doyle SJ.
Doyle, Willie, 1873-1917, Servant of God, Jesuit priest and chaplain
Servant of God Willie Doyle SJ
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William Joseph Gabriel Doyle was born (1873) at Melrose, Dalkey Avenue, Dalkey, county Dublin. Known as Willie, Billie or Sloper (a comic book hero of the time), he was the youngest of seven children of Hugh Doyle, registrar of the insolvency court, and Christine Doyle (née Byrne). Growing up, Willie was devout, caring and cheerful. Educated at Ratcliffe College, Leicestershire, in 1891 Willie followed his older brother Charles into the Jesuits. After two years as a novice, he taught at Clongowes Wood College, where he produced The Mikado and founded the school magazine, The Clongownian. His Jesuit formation included periods in Belgium and England, and further teaching at Clongowes and Belvedere Colleges. After ordination at Milltown Park on 28th July 1907, Willie began work as an urban missionary and retreat giver in Ireland. His positive attitude made him a great success, and he travelled all around the British Isles. He was also the author of best-selling pamphlets on retreats and vocations.
Volunteering as a military chaplain in First World War, Fr Doyle was sent to France with the Royal Irish Fusiliers in early 1916. Within days of his arrival at the Front, he showed himself outstanding in the work of a chaplain. Lt Col HR Stirke noted that Fr Doyle was ‘one of the finest fellows that I ever met, utterly fearless, always with a cheery word on his lips and ever ready to go out and attend the wounded and the dying under the heaviest fire’. Present at the battles of the Somme and Messines, Fr Doyle was killed during the third battle of Ypres on 16th August 1917, while going to the aid of a wounded man near Frezenberg. He is commemorated on the Tyne Cot memorial, Belgium. Fr Doyle was awarded the Military Cross, and he was put forward for the Victoria Cross posthumously but did not receive it. Writing to Willie’s father, Hugh, in December 1917, Major General WB Hickie remarks that: ‘I could not say too much about your son. He was loved and reverenced by us all. His gallantry, self sacrifice and devotion to duty were all so well known and recognized. I think that his was the most wonderful character that I have ever known.’
Doyle, Willie, 1873-1917, Servant of God, Jesuit priest and chaplain
Reviews to Alfred O'Rahilly’s book Fr William Doyle SJ
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Reviews and press cuttings relating to Professor Alfred O'Rahilly’s book Father William Doyle, S.J., C.F..
O'Rahilly, Alfred, 1884-1969, former Jesuit scholastic, President of University College Cork
Religious beads belonging to Fr Willie Doyle SJ
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Beads given by Fr Willie Doyle SJ the day before his was killed, to one of his ‘Boys’.
Poster advertising the Fr Doyle book by Alfred O'Rahilly
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Poster advertising the Fr Doyle book by Alfred O'Rahilly.
O'Rahilly, Alfred, 1884-1969, former Jesuit scholastic, President of University College Cork
Postcards and photographs of ‘views in France and Belgium’
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Postcards and photographs of ‘views in France and Belgium’. Includes photographs of Kemmel Chateau and the Convent at Locre, Belgium and General Hickie and aide-de-camp Captain O’Connell at St Omer, 16 July 1917; carte postale of Sr Antonius, Locre, Belgium, with inscription by Fr Charles Doyle SJ on reverse, indicating the room of Fr Doyle and church of Noeux les Mines, France.
Postcard sent by Fr Willie Doyle SJ to Sr M. Anthony, Cork
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Covering note and postcard sent from the Front by Fr Willie Doyle SJ, to Sister M. Anthony, St Mary’s of the Isle, Cork. Possibly Sr Anthony (Margaret) O’Rahilly (1872-1921).
Doyle, Willie, 1873-1917, Servant of God, Jesuit priest and chaplain
Postcard from Fr Willie Doyle SJ to his father
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Postcard from Fr Willie Doyle SJ, Guadaloupe Barracks, Bordon, Hampshire to his father, Hugh Doyle Esq., Dalkey, Dublin in which he gives his new address.
Photographs of Fr Willie Doyle SJ
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File of copies photographs of Fr Willie Doyle SJ including: newspaper photograph announcing death (1917); mounted photograph of Willie and his brother, when both young; copies of portrait photographs of Fr Willie Doyle SJ used in publications, Fr Doyle in military uniform and with his parents and in group photograph with other Jesuits. Includes:
Chancellor, photographer, [1862]-1923
Photographs of First World War scenes
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File of photographs of First World War scenes (Military convoy, 30 July 1916 and the Menin Road), Rathfarnham Castle and Dalkey. Includes copies of images of St Stanislaus College, Tullabeg, County Offaly and Kemmel Hill and Zonnebeke, Belgium and small handwritten sketch maps of Ypres (11 February 1935).
Photographs and postcards by the Imperial War Museum, London, England
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Photographs and postcards sent to Prof. Alfred O’Rahilly by the Imperial War Museum, London, England, for use in his book on Fr Willie Doyle SJ. Includes a note ‘Don’t mix these with the others. Return these to me. These are photos which I bought but decided not to use.’ All photographs are dated and described on back. Photos are mostly of the ruins of Ypres, Guillemont, Loos etc. Sizes: 21 1/2cm x 16 1/2cm; 14cm x 9cm and 27 1/2cm x 9cm.
O'Rahilly, Alfred, 1884-1969, former Jesuit scholastic, President of University College Cork
Pen and Ink-Bottle belonging to Fr Willie Doyle SJ
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Pen and Ink-Bottle belonging to Fr Willie Doyle SJ - ‘The Red Dwarf No. 2. Stylograph’ and ‘Swan fountfiller for travellers’. With box.
Doyle, Willie, 1873-1917, Servant of God, Jesuit priest and chaplain
Pamphlets and mock-up of book cover, advertising various editions of the book
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Pamphlets and mock-up of book cover, advertising various editions of Alfred O'Rahilly's book on Fr Willie Doyle SJ.
O'Rahilly, Alfred, 1884-1969, former Jesuit scholastic, President of University College Cork
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Pamphlet “Fr. Willie” Father William Doyle, S.J. His World-wide Appeal and Favours Attributed to His Intercession, ‘Irish Messenger’ Series.
Irish Messenger Office, 1888-
Notes made on Fr Willie Doyle's early career
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Notes made by [Fr Frank Browne SJ] on Fr Doyle's early career (n.d., 8pp), ‘missionary’ career from 1910 to 1915 (n.d., 17pp) and ‘military career’ (n.d., 11pp) and notes, including extracts from the book (n.d., 9pp).
Browne, Francis M, 1880-1960, Jesuit priest, photographer and chaplain
Notes made by Prof Alfred O'Rahilly on his book
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Notes made by Prof. Alfred O'Rahilly on his book.
O'Rahilly, Alfred, 1884-1969, former Jesuit scholastic, President of University College Cork
Lyrics composed by Sgt. E. Duffy
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Lyrics composed by Sgt. E. Duffy in the memory of Fr Willie Doyle SJ.
Duffy, E, Sergeant
Letters written to Fr Charles Doyle SJ requesting relics
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Letters written to Fr Charles Doyle SJ requesting relics of Fr Willie Doyle SJ due to the reading of Alfred O'Rahilly’s book ‘Father William Doyle, S.J. : a spiritual study’.
Letters to Alfred O'Rahilly from various members of the public relating to his book
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Letters to Professor Alfred O'Rahilly from various members of the public relating to his book on Fr Doyle.
O'Rahilly, Alfred, 1884-1969, former Jesuit scholastic, President of University College Cork
Letters from Willie Doyle, 1886-1896
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Holograph letters and one typewritten letter by Willie Doyle: as a schoolboy in Ratcliffe College, Leicestershire, England to his brother Bob and mother (30 May 1886 - 9 April 1887); as a Jesuit novice at St Stanislaus, Tullabeg, County Offaly to his mother and father, and sisters Mai and Lena (8 August 1891 - 9 July 1892); as a scholastic at Milltown Park, Dublin to his father and brother Bob (31 May - Christmas 1893) and to Brother Cahill on finishing his noviceship (8 June 1893) and at Clongowes Wood College, County Kildare to his mother and father, and brothers Bob and Charles (3 September 1894 - 23 August 1896).
Letters from Mr T. Cain and from Michael Harteny
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Letters from Mr T. Cain, Headmaster, Coleridge Street School, Hove, England (26 October 1945) and from Michael Harteny (Sergeant), Kilnagrange, Kilmacthomas, County Waterford (12 November 1945) and on behalf of Christopher Flynn, Delgany, County Wicklow (21 March 1946) to Fr Charles Doyle SJ and Professor Alfred O'Rahilly concerning their recollections of the date of death of Fr Willie Doyle SJ.
Cain, T
Letters from Fr Willie Doyle SJ, 1915-1917
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Holograph letters by Fr Willie Doyle SJ from his time with the 8th Battalion, Royal Irish Fusiliers, 49th Brigade, 16th Division and the 8th Battalion, Royal Dublin Fusilier’s: at Whitely Camp, Surrey; Bordon Camp, Hampshire; various locations in France. In the main, the letters are addressed to his father, but also his sister Mai. The letters document his time as a military chaplain, firstly at camp in England while preparing for embarkation and secondly, at the front in France. Some of the letters have been transcribed by Professor Alfred O'Rahilly in his book - Father William Doyle SJ. (1922) http://www.archive.org/details/fatherwilliamdoy00orahuoft
With envelopes and four undated parts of letters.
Includes notebooks written by Fr Willie Doyle SJ at the front (31 March 1916 - August 1917) with the following titles: ‘Bully Beef’ (20 - 29 December 1916); ‘Pork and Beans’ (16 January - 5 February 1917); ‘Bits and scraps for an old man’s breakfast’ (July 1917)’; ‘The Battle of Ypres’ (9 July - August 1917). Includes opening entry - ‘My dear Father, When I posted my letter to you this morning it occurred to me that perhaps if I kept a kind of diary for the next couple of weeks it might interest you and others, even if I had nothing of very great interest to relate (31 March 1916).
Letters addressed to Fr Charles Doyle SJ concerning Fr Willie Doyle SJ and devotion to him
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File of letters addressed to Fr Charles Doyle SJ concerning Fr Willie Doyle SJ and devotion to him, in an envelope entitled ‘Interesting letters about Fr Willie’.
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Letter from Fr John Mulderry, Chaplain, 61st General Hospital, Salonica referring to a letter received from [Father Provincial] ‘as
regards your queries I must candidly confess that my evidence (and I told them so in Clonliffe) rests solely an accounts given me by other Chaplains which accounts, rested on rumour...I should have thought the Society would have probed the matter to the bottom’.
Mulderry, John, Roman Catholic priest and chaplain
Handwritten copy of memorial scroll issued in the name of the king, George V
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Handwritten copy of memorial scroll issued in the name of the king, George V, which commends Fr Doyle for his actions and self-sacrifice during the First World War, and for giving up his life ‘that others might live in freedom’.
George V, King, 1865-1936, King of the United Kingdom
Extracts commenting on Prof O'Rahilly’s book
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Handwritten extracts from various journals and periodicals commenting on Prof Alfred O'Rahilly’s book.
O'Rahilly, Alfred, 1884-1969, former Jesuit scholastic, President of University College Cork
Declaration by Fr Willie Doyle SJ - ‘My Martyrdom for Mary’s Sake’
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Declaration by Fr Willie Doyle SJ - ‘My Martyrdom for Mary’s Sake’ (Oblation). First class relic as written in Fr Doyle's blood.
[Copy of] letter from Col. M. O'Grady to Hugh Doyle, father of Fr Willie Doyle SJ
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[Copy of] letter from Col. M. O'Grady, Assistant Military Secretary at the War Office in Whitehall, London to Hugh Doyle, father of Fr Willie Doyle SJ. Informs him that Fr Doyle was mentioned in Despatches from General Sir Douglas Haig, which were published in the London Gazette.
O'Grady, M, Colonel in the British Army
Copy of 'La Vie Spirituelle. Ascétique et Mystique'
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Copy of 'La Vie Spirituelle. Ascétique et Mystique', Vol. XIX, No. 3 containing an article on Fr. Doyle by F. de Lanversin (p.323-341).
Society of Jesus, 1540-
Copies of photographs of Fr Willie Doyle SJ
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Copies of photographs of Fr Willie Doyle SJ, collected by his brother Fr Charles Doyle SJ. Includes image of Fr Willie Doyle SJ, taken in Aberdeen, 1908 by MacMahon, portrait photographer.
MacMahon, Vincent, photographer
Copies of mention in despatches of Fr Willie Doyle SJ
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Copies of mention in despatches of Fr Willie Doyle SJ by General Sir Douglas Haig (13 November 1916) and later Field Marshal Sir Haig (7 November 1917).
Chasuble with maniple belonging to Fr Willie Doyle SJ
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Chasuble with maniple belonging to Fr Willie Doyle SJ according to Sergeant Thomas Brady. Explanatory note gives background to provenance.
Doyle, Willie, 1873-1917, Servant of God, Jesuit priest and chaplain
Certificate given to Fr Doyle on his first leave of absence from the Front
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Handwritten copy of a parchment certificate given to Fr Doyle on his first leave of absence from the Front in 1916. Issued by Major General W.B. Hickie, Commander of the 16th Irish Division, commending his ‘gallant conduct and devotion to duty in the field on April 27th & 29th’.
Hickie, Sir, William Bernard, 1865-1950, Major General in the British Army
Certificate appointing Fr William Joseph Doyle SJ chaplain to the Forces
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Certificate appointing Fr William Joseph Doyle SJ chaplain to the Forces, 4th Class, Land Forces, Temporary.
British Army, 1660-
Catalogue and drawings of plants by Willie Doyle
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Catalogue and drawings of plants by Willie Doyle, while a student at Ratcliffe College, Leicestershire, England.
Doyle, Willie, 1873-1917, Servant of God, Jesuit priest and chaplain
Card with image entitled ‘Behold this Heart which hath so love men!’
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Card with image entitled ‘Behold this Heart which hath so love men!’ given to Fr Willie Doyle SJ by his mother.
Box with altar requisites used by Fr Willie Doyle SJ
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Box with altar requisites which includes missal stand, missal, altar linen, stole (instead of maniple) burse, kneeler and Á Kempis used by Fr Willie Doyle SJ at the front. With box.
Doyle, Willie, 1873-1917, Servant of God, Jesuit priest and chaplain
Booklet 'Korte Levensschets van Pater William Doyle, S.J. 1873-1917'
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Booklet 'Korte Levensschets van Pater William Doyle, S.J. 1873-1917' by Fr J. Van Rijckevorsel SJ.
Society of Jesus, 1540-
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Booklet entitled “Fr. Willie”; part of the Irish Messenger series. Subtitled ‘His world-wide appeal and favours attributed to his intercession’. Contains a short reflection on his life and a list of reports from around the world of how Fr Doyle’s intercession, when invoked, benefited those who sought it.
Irish Messenger Office, 1888-
Biographical information on Fr Doyle
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Biographical information on Fr Doyle including a copy of his birth certificate and memorial card.
Irish Vice-Province of the Society of Jesus, 1830-
Article in 'The Messenger of the Sacred Heart'
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Copy of 'The Messenger of the Sacred Heart', containing an article on Fr Doyle (p.86-87).
Irish Messenger Office, 1888-
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Article from The Commonweal entitled ‘Father William Doyle, S.J.’ by Henry Longan Stuart.
Society of Jesus, 1540-
Article in 'Revue d’Ascétique et de Mystique'
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Copy of 'Revue d’Ascétique et de Mystique' containing an article on Fr Doyle by Léonce de Grandmaison (p.128-146).
Society of Jesus, 1540-
Article in 'Messager du Coeur de Jésus'
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Article in 'Messager du Coeur de Jésus' containing an article on Fr. Doyle by Fr Wery-Lacouagne SJ (p.75-95).
Society of Jesus, 1540-
Article entitled ‘A Chaplain's Story: Fr. Willie Doyle; A pastor across all divides’
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Article entitled ‘A Chaplain's Story: Fr. Willie Doyle; A pastor across all divides’. Recounts Fr Doyle's time as an army chaplain in the First World War. Also includes a print-out of pages from a web-site dedicated to Fr Doyle. Accompanied by a note to Fr Fergus O'Donoghue SJ, Province Archivist, explaining their provenance.
Appreciations of Fr Willie Doyle SJ
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Original and copies of appreciations of Fr Willie Doyle SJ including letters from General Sir William Bernard Hickie, 16th Division, B.E.F.to Hugh Doyle Esq., Melrose, Dalkey, Dublin (15 December 1917) and to Fr Charles Doyle SJ (14 October 1924); Private M. Murphy, France, (Fr Willie Doyle’s orderly) (22 August 1917).
Hickie, Sir, William Bernard, 1865-1950, Major General in the British Army
Appointment of Fr Frank Browne SJ as an Honorary Chaplain to the Forces 3rd Class
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Documents found among the papers of Fr Willie Doyle SJ (with whom Fr Browne briefly served as chaplain), collated by Fr Charles Doyle SJ, concerning Fr Frank Browne SJ. Includes telegrams to Robert Browne, Bishop of Cloyne (14 March & 25 August 1919) concerning Fr Browne & circular letter from the War Office to Fr Browne, St Francis Xavier’s, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin, informing him of his appointment as an Honorary Chaplain to the Forces 3rd Class ‘as from 1st Sept. 1921 on which date your commission as a temporary Chaplain to the Forces ceased to have effect.’ (14 September 1921).
British Army, 1660-
Account by T. Cain, relating the death of Fr Willie Doyle SJ
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Typescript account by T. Cain, 22 Limetree, Crescent, Cockermouth, Cumberland relating the death of Fr Willie Doyle SJ, which he believes, ‘I was the last man alive to see his body’.
Cain, T
‘The Daily Mail Bird’s Eye Map of the British Front – Section 1’
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‘The Daily Mail Bird’s Eye Map of the British Front – Section 1’ (northern section, scale: 1 inch to 1 mile). Published by the Daily Mail, Carmelite House, London.
The Daily Mail, newspaper, 1896-
‘Pioneer Pin’ belonging to Fr Willie Doyle SJ
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Fr Willie Doyle’s ‘Pioneer Pin’.
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Copy of 'The Irish Messenger of the Sacred Heart' containing an article entitled ‘Dublin, and Proud of It!’ on Fr. Doyle (p.65-67).
Irish Messenger Office, 1888-
'“ Snatched from the Brink” A True Story of Fr. William Doyle, S.J.’
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Copy of 'The Irish Messenger of the Sacred Heart' containing an article entitled ‘ “Snatched from the Brink” A True Story of Fr. William Doyle, S.J.’ (p.364-367).
Irish Messenger Office, 1888-