Born: 07 June 1921, Ferrmanagh Road, Clones, County Monaghan
Entered: 07 September 1939, St Stanislaus College, Tullabeg, County Offaly

Left Society of Jesus: 25 February 1947 (on health grounds)

Parents, Bernard and Brigid (Kelly) were shopkeepers. Family lived after 1930 at Ben Vista, Omagh, County Tyrone.

One of six boys and five girls.

Early education was in Clones at Convent and National schools. In 1931 the family move to Omagh, County Tyrone, and he went to the Christian Brothers elementary school, and then the secondary school.

Baptised at Sacred Heart, Clones, County Monaghan, 10/06/1921
Confirmed at Sacred Heart, Clones, 07/06/1931

1939-1941: St Stanislaus College, Tullabeg, , Novitiate
1941-1944: Rathfarnham Castle, Juniorate
1944-1947: St Stanislaus College, Tullabeg, Philosophy

Six months after leaving he got a job in Omagh Technical School for three years. Health considerations meant he had to resign.

Born: 31 January 1911, Clones, County Monaghan
Entered: 21 October 1939, St Stanislaus College, Tullabeg, County Offaly
Final Vows: 02 February 1950, St Stanislaus College, Tullabeg, County Offaly

Left Society of Jesus: 16 June 1955

Parents Patrick Beattie and Rose McCabe

Educated at Coranny Primary School, Clones, County Monaghan

Baptised at Sacred Heart, Clones County Monaghan, 31/01/1911
Confirmed at Sacred Heart, Clones County Monaghan by Dr McKenna of Clogher on 31/05/1925

1939-1941: St Stanislaus College, Tullabeg, Novitiate
1941-1942: Rathfarnham Castle, assists in house
1942-1947: St Mary’s Emo, assisting in house and grounds
1947-1951: St Stanislaus College Tullabeg, assisting in house and grounds
1951-1955: Rathfarnham Castle, assisting in house and grounds

Address before leaving for Scotland in 1936 was Scotshouse, Clones, County Monaghan
Was living at Buchan Street, Crosshill, Glasgow at time of application for entry working as a labourer and involved in the Legion of Mary there. Had left school at 16 and worked as a labourer in Clones.