Father William Doyle S.J
CD CO FROM-THE- LIBRARY OF TR1NITYCOLLEGE TORONTO 19 8 PRESENTED A.D. *. .„. from the library of the BY late Rev. G.H.Shortt t FATHER WILLIAM DOYLE, S.J. : Kibil Obsiat: IOANNES WATERS Censor Theol. Deputatus. Imprimatur EDM. CAN. SURMONT Vic. Gen. Westmonasterii) die 4 Oct. , 1919. FATHER WILLIAM DOYLE SJ. BY ALFRED O'RAHILLY Professor in the National University of Ireland Registrar of University College, Cork WITH ILLUSTRATIONS FOURTH IMPRESSION LONGMANS, GREEN AND CO, 39 PATERNOSTER ROW, LONDON, B.C. 4. 55 FIFTH AVENUE, NEW YORK BOMBAY, CALCUTTA AND MADRAS 1922 All rights reserved BX MAY 2 2 1948 PATRIBUS FRATRIBUSQUE PROVINCIAE HIBERNIAE SOCIETATIS IESU HOC SOCII MONUMENTUM PREFACE TO FIRST EDITION AFTER the death of Father Doyle, who was not only my friend but the guide and helper of several who are near and dear to me, I undertook, at my sister's suggestion, to write a brief memoir of his life. This task, lightly undertaken as a personal tribute, has now grown into unforeseen dimensions. Neither I nor anywie else then sus pected the existence of a series of spiritual journals and personal records which Fr. Doyle had written for his own exclusive use and guidance. Had he died after an ordinary illness in his own room, he would undoubtedly have completely destroyed these intimate papers. It was the chance, the providential chance, of his death as a martyr of charity on a far-off Flemish battlefield which rescued these notes from the fate that he had destined for them. They were found among his few belongings in his room in Rathfarnham Castle, accompanied by explicit instructions directing that in the event of his death they should be burnt unopened.
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