Biographical information on Fr Doyle
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- 1873-1917
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Biographical information on Fr Doyle including a copy of his birth certificate and memorial card.
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Biographical information on Fr Doyle
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Biographical information on Fr Doyle including a copy of his birth certificate and memorial card.
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Fr William Doyle SJ, Chaplain - by Keogh Brothers Ltd
Fr William Doyle SJ, Chaplain - by Keogh Brothers Ltd., 124 St Stephens Green West and 75 Lower Dorset St, Dublin. On reverse is written Rev. C. Doyle, Presbytery, Upper Gardiner Street.
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Material relating to Fr Andrew O'Farrell SJ
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Material relating to Fr Andrew O'Farrell SJ, including letter from Fr Willie Doyle SJ introducing Andrew O'Farrell to Fr Provincial (1913), catalogue entry (1930), memorial card and obituary.
Correspondence of bequests made to Father Provincial regarding the Hong Kong and China missions
A file relating to correspondence of bequests made to Irish Fr Provincial regarding the Hong Kong and China missions.
Lists of writers of the Restored Society and their publications compiled by Fr James Rabbitte SJ
Lists of writers (arranged alphabetically) of the Restored Society and their publications (1832-1925, 38pp, ). Compiled by Fr James Rabbitte SJ of Gardiner Street, (Custodian of the Irish Province Archives, 1924-1930). Typed list of Irish Jesuit authors and title, 20th century (1900-1939, 6pp).
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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).
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Letters to the Irish Provincial on various matters, including financial
Letters to the Irish Provincial on various matters. Includes letters concerning financial matters and;
– a complaint about an individual Jesuit with regard to his behaviour while conducting a retreat for nuns (See also ADMN/3/36);
– a draft deed of trust for the Father Delany Exhibition (See also ADMN/3/13);
– the health and financial affairs of various scholastics;
– the proposal for the establishment of a [school] at Tullabeg by the Society of Pious Missions;
– a conference of Jesuit Fathers in Chicago for the purpose of adopting a Provisional Constitution of the ‘Frequent Communion Guild’;
– requests for money from various individuals;
– the campaign to appoint a Catholic Director to the Board of Directors of the Clogher Valley Railway (the Society are shareholders in the Railway);
– the appointment of Jesuits to various offices;
– a petition to the British government ‘to show mercy to Roger Casement’;
– a proposed portrait of Archbishop Walsh by Sir John Lavery;
– a profit and loss account of the Irish Monthly for year ending 31 August 1914 (See also ADMN/3/20; 66; 67);
– the work of St. Joseph's Young Priests (See also ADMN/3/53);
– lists of locations of Retreats and names of priests giving Retreats for 1912 and 1913 (See also ADMN/3/36; 41);
– suggestions for Retreats given by Jesuits, by Dr Patrick Foley, Bishop of Kildare and Leighlin (1896-1926) and memorandum on the scheme to establish a small lending library in Milltown Park for priests (See also ADMN/3/12; 38).
Pamphlet by Fr Willie Doyle SJ entitled 'Vocations'
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Pamphlet by Fr Willie Doyle SJ entitled 'Vocations', ‘Irish Messenger’ Series, ‘26th Edition – 340th Thousand’.
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'Scruples and their Treatment'
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Booklet 'Scruples and their Treatment' (Adapted from the French). Found among the papers of the late Fr Wm. Doyle, S.J. ‘Irish Messenger’ Series, ‘5th Edition – 50th Thousand’ (1932) and ‘9th Edition – 90th Thousand’ (1943).
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'Synopsis of the Rubrics & Ceremonies of Holy Mass' by Fr Willie Doyle SJ
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Booklet 'Synopsis of the Rubrics & Ceremonies of Holy Mass' by Fr Willie Doyle SJ, (Burns Oates & Washbourne, Publishers to the Holy See).
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License for Military Service ‘Royal Exchange Assurance
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License for Military Service ‘Royal Exchange Assurance, Policy No. 80925 for £500 on the Life of Revd. W.J. Doyle.’ and copy of details from the Commonwealth War Graves Commission (20 January 1999 & 27 November 2013).
Letters from Fr Willie Doyle SJ to Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V. Nolan SJ
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Letters to the Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V. Nolan SJ from Fr Willie Doyle SJ written during his time as a chaplain attached to the 8th Brigade Irish Fusiliers, 49th Brigade, and the 8th Royal Dublin Fusiliers, B.E.F., France. Missing original letter 31 December 1915, but have photocopy.
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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..
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Man of the people: Fr William Doyle SJ: centenary celebration
Man of the people: Fr William Doyle SJ: centenary celebration.
Carmel Uí Cheallaigh (Author), Jimmy Burns (Illustrator), Elm Books, Dublin, Ireland, 2017
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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.
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Letter of Fr Willie Doyle SJ, 8th Royal Irish Fusiliers, to a relative of a casualty
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Letter from Fr Willie Doyle SJ, 8th Royal Irish Fusiliers, to a relative of a casualty. Donated to the Irish Province in 1968 by Miss Brigid Duffy, 237 Lisburn Road, Belfast.
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Letters to the Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V. Nolan SJ following Fr Willie Doyle’s death
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Letters to the Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V. Nolan SJ following Fr Willie Doyle’s death in action on 17 August 1917, from Fr Kerr McClement, Archbishop’s House, Westminster, Fr William Feran SJ, English Province, Farm Street, London and Fr M. O'Connell, Senior Chaplain (R.C.), H.Q., 16th Division, B.E.F..
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Notes made by Prof Alfred O'Rahilly on his book
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Notes made by Prof. Alfred O'Rahilly on his book.
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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).
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Letter from the War Office to the Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V. Nolan SJ, enclosing the official certificate of death of Fr Doyle.
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.
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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.’
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Photographic album belonging to Fr John A McAvoy SJ
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Photographic album belonging to Fr John A McAvoy SJ, with captions in English and Irish. Includes photographs of
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).
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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.
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Father William Doyle, S.J. a spiritual study
Father William Doyle, S.J. : a spiritual study
Longmans, Green and Co., New York, 1925
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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.
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Poster advertising the Fr Doyle book by Alfred O'Rahilly
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Poster advertising the Fr Doyle book by Alfred O'Rahilly.
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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.
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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).
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Booklet by Fr Hugh Kelly on 'Father William Doyle, S.J.'; part of the Irish Messenger series.
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‘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.
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Sketches of Fr Willie Doyle SJ
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Various pictures and sketches of Fr Willie Doyle SJ.
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Various pictures and sketches of Fr Willie Doyle SJ.
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Short obituaries of various members of the Society of Jesus by Fr David Gallery SJ
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Short obituaries of various members of the Society of Jesus by Fr David Gallery SJ. A covering note by Fr James Rabbitte SJ reads ‘These were prepared for publ(ication). The writer of them Fr Gallery. My opinion is that they are not suitable i.e. as a whole JPR’. Obituaries are provided in the following order:
Name Year of Death
Brady, Fr Philip 1917
Maher, Fr Thomas 1917
Mahon, Br Thomas 1917
Kenny, Fr Timothy 1917
Doyle, Fr William 1917
Hogan, Fr Edmund 1917
Verdon, Fr John 1918
Fottrell, Fr James 1918
Daly, Fr Hubert 1918
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).
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Reprint of the 'Synopsis of the Rubrics and Ceremonies of Holy Mass'
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Reprint of the 'Synopsis of the Rubrics and Ceremonies of Holy Mass' by the Fr William Doyle SJ.
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Small piece of clothing owned by Fr Willie Doyle SJ
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Once owned by Fr Willie Doyle SJ
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Leaflet in Italian containing prayers to Fr William Doyle SJ
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Leaflet in Italian containing prayers to biography of Fr William Doyle SJ.
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‘The Din of Battle- The Story of Father William Doyle, S.J. for Boys’
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‘The Din of Battle- The Story of Father William Doyle, S.J. for Boys’ by Fr Gerald Kelly SJ.
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Scrap album for events in aid of the Columban Hall, Galway
Green scrapbook which documents events in aid of and at the Columban Hall, Sea Road, Galway. Includes inserts relating to advertisements for plays, concerts, lectures, fancy carnivals, newspaper clippings of reviews of such events and applications for entertainment tax exemptions. The scrapbook is arranged chronologically from 1934 to 1960 and contains programmes for the Columban Dramatic Society, Columban Players, Columban Hall Entertainments Committee and Coláiste Iognáid Drama Group. Includes performances such as lecture on: ‘A century of shipbuilding’ Fr. Frank Browne S.J.; ‘The Singer, by P. H Pearse’ (1934); Penny Dinner’s Benefit, Andrew McMaster in ’Under the Red Robe’ (1934); lantern lectures on Irish Jesuits in China, by Mr Patrick Grogan SJ and ‘Fr. Willie Doyle S.J.’ by Fr Frank Browne SJ; ‘The Rising of the Moon’ by Lady Gregory (1941); ‘Sinbad and the Sailor’ (1945); ‘The Baron’s Daughter’ (1948), ‘The Sleeping Beauty’(1952); ‘A Louer Meuble’ (1960).
Biographical essay on the centenary of the birth of Fr Willie Doyle SJ
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Anonymous [ Fr Gregory Ffrench SJ] biographical essay on the occasion of the centenary of the birth of Fr Willie Doyle SJ.
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Letter from Fr Willie Doyle SJ to Fr Charles Farley SJ
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Letter from Fr William Doyle SJ, writing from Stonyhurst College, to Fr Charles Farley SJ. Reports on his search in the archives of the English Province for documents relating to the Irish Province. Undertakes to copy some early nineteenth century letters for Fr Farley.
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Letter from Fr Willie Doyle SJ to his aunt
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Letter from Fr Willie Doyle SJ to his Aunt Jane. Refers to his ordination, and to his departure for Belgium the following day to complete his education in Belgium, and states that he may have a chance of going to Australia in the future. Also refers to his parents’ Jubilee celebrations.
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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’.
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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.
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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’.
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[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.
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A file of letters from Fr Willie Doyle SJ, Rathfarnham Castle, Dublin to Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V. Nolan SJ. Includes a letter remarking 'May the Lord reward you for getting us this place; it is like a paradise to come back to after the bustle and rush of the missions' (13 January [1914], 1p). Includes letters volunteering to serve as a war chaplain (4 - 26 November 1914, 3 items).
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Retreat Library at Rathfarnham Castle, Dublin with portrait of Fr Willie Doyle SJ in the background
Retreat Library at Rathfarnham Castle, Dublin with portrait of Fr Willie Doyle SJ in the background – photograph by Gay O’ Brien
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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.
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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.
Shall I be a priest?
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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’.
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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.
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Locket with a curl from the hair of Willie Doyle, at the age of three. With box.
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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.
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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.
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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).
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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.
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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.
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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.
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New testament in Congolese used by Fr Willie Doyle SJ
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New testament in Congolese used by Fr Willie Doyle SJ in preparation for the Congo Mission (He did not partake in Congo Mission).
Catechism in Congolese used by Fr Willie Doyle SJ
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Catechism in Congolese written by R. Buyate SJ, Louvain used by Fr Willie Doyle SJ with his annotations.
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Letter from Fr Willie Doyle SJ to Irish Fr Provincial William Delany SJ
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Letter from Fr Willie Doyle SJ to Irish Fr Provincial William Delany SJ informing him of his proposal for a ‘House of Retreats for Workingmen’. Includes ‘Report on the proposed House of Retreats for Workingmen’ and brochures for retreats at Rathfarnham Castle, printed in 1922.
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.
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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’.
‘Pioneer Pin’ belonging to Fr Willie Doyle SJ
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Fr Willie Doyle’s ‘Pioneer Pin’.
Vow crucifixes belonging to Fr Willie Doyle SJ
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Vow crucifixes belonging to Fr Willie Doyle SJ.
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Article from The Commonweal entitled ‘Father William Doyle, S.J.’ by Henry Longan Stuart.
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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.
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.
Large illustrated banners and mounted used by Fr Willie Doyle SJ
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Large illustrated banners and mounted used by Fr Willie Doyle SJ when giving a retreat. Includes illustrated cards used when giving a 8-day retreat.
The prayer, ‘Lord, give me grace’ in Fr Willie Doyle’s handwriting
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The prayer, ‘Lord, give me grace’ in Fr Willie Doyle’s handwriting, given to a Loreto nun, Rosario Nesbit, Bray when giving a retreat there.
Lyrics composed by Sgt. E. Duffy
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Lyrics composed by Sgt. E. Duffy in the memory of Fr Willie Doyle SJ.
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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’.
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Calendars with text from Fr Willie Doyle SJ
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Calendars with text from Fr Willie Doyle SJ selected from ‘A Year’s Thoughts’ and note by Mr Christopher J. Dunne.
Cure of Sr Francis Loyola, Convent of Notre Dame, Tunbridge Wells, Kent
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Cure of Sr Francis Loyola, Convent of Notre Dame, Tunbridge Wells, Kent attributed to Fr Willie Doyle SJ.
Letters from Mr Cyril Power SJ to Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V Nolan SJ
Letters from Mr Cyril Power SJ to Irish Fr Provincial Thomas V Nolan SJ.
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‘A Rondeau for Father Doyle’, Convent of the S[acred] Heart, Vancouver, Canada.
Pray card with image of Fr Willie Doyle SJ
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Pray card with image of Fr Willie Doyle SJ.
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).
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Advertisement for ‘A Mission’ at St Mary’s Cathedral, Aberdeen
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Advertisement for ‘A Mission’ at St Mary’s Cathedral, Aberdeen given by the Jesuit fathers, Frs Matthew Power (Edinburgh) and Fr Willie Doyle (Dublin).
Text of ‘Last thing to be read’
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Text of ‘Last thing to be read’ for dinner and supper at the first, second and third day of Triduum.
Postcards of Dun Laoghaire and ‘views of Dalkey’
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Postcards of Dun Laoghaire and ‘views of Dalkey’ - Main Street, Castle Street, Sorrento Park, Dalkey Island and Church of the Assumption, Dalkey.
Family photograph with Fr Willie Doyle SJ
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Family photograph with Fr Willie Doyle SJ at an formal occasion, perhaps the wedding anniversary of his parents, outside the family home in Dalkey, county Dublin.
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).
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.
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:
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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.
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Portrait print of Fr Willie Doyle SJ.
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.
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).
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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.
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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 Willie Doyle SJ, 1897-1906
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Holograph letters and typewritten letters by Mr Willie Doyle SJ while: at Clongowes Wood College to his mother and father, and sister Lena (6 April 1897 - 1898); undertaking philosophy at Enghien, Belgium to his mother and father (2 October 1898 - 3 June 1899); at St. Mary’s Hall, Stonyhurst College, England to his mother and father (14 October 1900 - 31 March 1901); at Clongowes Wood College to his mother and father, and sister Mai (18 December 1901 - 5 August 1903); undertaking theology at Milltown Park (23 December 1904 - Easter 1906).
Letters from Fr Willie Doyle SJ, 1907-1915
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File of holograph letters and typewritten letters by Fr Willie Doyle SJ concerning his ordination at Milltown Park (28 July 1907); tertianship at L’ Ancienne Abbaye, Tronchiennes, Belgium to his mother and father, his sister Mai and brother Charles (October 1907 - 21 July 1908); attending a mission in Great Yarmouth (20 April 1908); work as a minister at Belvedere College to his sister Mai (April - July 1909); at the Convent of St John of God, Wexford to his sister Mai (2 August 1910); at Enghien, Belgium to his father (2 - 14 October 1912); while giving missions in Clare, Cork, Limerick and Dublin and working at Rathfarnham Castle, to his father and sister Mai (20 March 1914 - 6 November 1915).
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).
Spiritual diaries belonging to Fr Willie Doyle SJ
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Diaries in notebook and copybook form, belonging to Fr Willie Doyle SJ which documents his spiritual thoughts, confessions, resolutions and retreats notes, list of mortifications. Some are contemporaneous with his time as a chaplain in WWI, which he alludes to. Inserts comprise loose documents in the form of notes, prayers and letters (July 1908; 5 November 1911 - 16 April 1916) addressed to ‘My dear Child; My dearest Child’.
J2/85 (16) - notebook for conscreation of the Sacred Heart, signed in Fr Doyle's blood.
Notebooks written by Fr Willie Doyle SJ on retreats
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Series of notebooks written by Fr Willie Doyle SJ on retreats given and attended, and notes on missions, meditations, prayer, considerations, mortifications and triduums.