Born: 18 April 1939, Undercliff, Strathmore Road, Killiney, County Dublin
Entered: 07 September 1956, St Mary's, Emo, County Laois
Ordained: 25 June 1970, Milltown Park, Dublin
Final Vows: 25 March 1976, Gonzaga College SJ, Dublin
Died: 27 March 2019, St Vincent’s Hospital, Dublin (Killiney, County Dublin)

Left Society of Jesus: 23 April 1986

Father, Francis C, owned a butchers business. Mother was Mary - Dausie - (Bowers). Family also lived at Iveagh, Crumlin Road, Dublin

Second in a family of five boys and five girls.

Educated at Sacred Heart College, Leeson Street for two years, he then went to Synge Street for ten years.

Baptised at St Kevin’s, Harrington Street, 25/04/1939
Confirmed at St Kevin’s, Harrington Street, by Dr Dunne of Dublin, 24/03/1949

1956-1958: St Mary's, Emo, , Novitiate
1958-1961: Rathfarnham Castle, Juniorate, UCD (BSc)
1961-1962: St Stanislaus College, Tullabeg, Philosophy
1962-1964: Saint-Albert, Louvain, Belgium (BEL M) studying Philosophy
1964-1966: Clongowes Wood College SJ, Regency
1966-1967: Sacred Heart College Crescent SJ, Regency
1967-1971: Milltown Park, Theology
1971-1972: Rice High School NY, USA (NEB) studying for MA at Fordham University, NY
1972-1980: Gonzaga College SJ, teaching
1973-1974: Tertianship at Auriesville, NY and Wernersville, PA USA
1978-1980: Assistant Province Oecon
1980-1986: Leave of Absence

After leaving Frank worked at the Killiney Court Hotel, Dublin. He had previously lived at Coval Road, East Sheen, London.

Address 2000: Bayview Drive, Killiney, County Dublin

https://rip.ie/death-notice/francis-xavier-frank-buckley-dublin-killiney-368233

The death has occurred of

Francis Xavier (Frank) Buckley
Killiney, Dublin

Date of Death:
Thursday 28th March 2019

Peacefully, in the loving care of his spouse, family and staff of St. Vincent’s Private Hospital. Greatly missed by his loving spouse Michael Burns, sisters Rita, Patricia, Mary, Cora and Bernie, brothers Sean, Tommy, Paddy, Des, Harry and Joseph, sisters-in-law Éire, Maria, Edel, Joanne and Carol Ann, brothers-in-law Don, Niall, Jim and Conor, nieces, nephews, and a large circle of friends. Predeceased by his parents Frank and Dausie.