Letter from Fr John Fitzgibbon to Fr Provincial Thomas V. Nolan, circa 1918 Letters 1916-1923 Jack Fitzgibbon

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Letter from Fr Jack Fitzgibbon SJ (1882-1918) to Father Provincial Thomas V Nolan (1867-1941) regarding Fr. Keary. Fitzgibbon requests Fr. Nolan help Fr. Keary obtain permission to go home. Fr John 'Jack' Fitzgibbon SJ was ordained a priest on 31st July 1915. His father, John Fitzgibbon, was a successful draper and Member of Parliament from 1910-1918. Fr Fitzgibbon served in the 6th Division of the British Army, having enlisted shortly after the death of his brother at Gallipoli. He was promoted to senior chaplain in 1917, and in the same year he was gassed at Loos on 5th September and awarded the military cross. Fr Fitzgibbon was killed in action by a shell on the 18th September 1918, and is buried at Trefcon, St. Quentin, Picardie.Father Nolan was the Provincial of the Irish Province of the Society of Jesus (1912-1922) and was a member of the Distribution Committee which looked after the welfare and distribution of the the Belgian refugees who arrived in Ireland as a consequence of the First World War.

 Irish Jesuit Archives IJA/CHPI/21/19, IJA/CHPI/21/19 https://letters1916.ie/item/1195 English Jack Fitzgibbon 1918 Thomas V Nolan Dublin, Ireland Male World War I (1914-1918) Faith

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 (1918) Dear Fr Nolan p.c. Many thanks for Status. It was really kind of you to think of sending it & it was exactly what I was looking out for Fr Willie Keary s.j. of the English Province - Fr M. Maher knows him well - asked me to write to you for permission for him to visit his home in Loughrea & his sisters in Dublin on his next leave if his Provincial has not objection. He has not seen his people since his ordination and he is out here almost two years & doing really wonderfull work. Hoping you are ever so well. I remain dear Father Your obedient child Jack Fitzgibbon s.j. P.S. Would you mind telling Fr Farley that I said 20 Masses for him last month please. Dublin, Ireland Letter from Fr Francis M. Shaw to Fr Provincial Thomas V. Nolan, End of December 1917Letter from Fr Francis M. Shaw to Fr Provincial Thomas V. Nolan, End of February 1918Letter from Fr Francis M. Shaw to Fr Provincial Thomas V. Nolan, 3 April 1918Letter from Fr Francis M. Shaw to Fr Provincial Thomas V. Nolan, 1 May 1918Letter from Fr Francis M. Shaw to Fr Provincial Thomas V. Nolan, 22 May 1918Letter from Fr Francis M. Shaw to Fr Provincial Thomas V. Nolan, 25 June 1918Letter from Fr Francis M. Shaw to Fr Provincial Thomas V. Nolan, August 1918Letter from Fr Francis M. Shaw to Fr Provincial Thomas V Nolan, 29 August 1918Letter from Fr Francis M. Shaw to Fr Provincial Thomas V. Nolan, 30 October 1918Letter from Fr Francis M. Shaw to Fr Provincial Thomas V. Nolan, 28 November 1918Letter from Fr Francis M. Shaw to Fr Provincial Thomas V. Nolan, 28 December 1918Letter from Fr Francis M. Shaw to Fr Provincial Thomas V. Nolan, 19 January 1919Letter from Fr Francis M. Shaw to Fr Provincial Thomas V. Nolan, 23 January 1919Letter from Fr Francis M. Shaw to Fr Provincial Thomas V. Nolan, 27 March 1919Letter from Fr Francis M. Shaw to Fr Provincial Thomas V. Nolan, 23 April 1919Letter from J. Stratton to Fr Provincial Thomas V. Nolan, 8 April 1919Letter from Fr John Fitzgibbon to Fr Provincial Thomas V. Nolan, circa 1916Letter from Fr John Fitzgibbon to Fr Provincial Thomas V. Nolan, circa 1916Letter from Fr John Fitzgibbon to Fr Provincial Thomas V. Nolan, 14 March 1916Letter from Fr John Fitzgibbon to Fr Provincial Thomas V. Nolan, 23 September 1916Letter from Fr John Fitzgibbon to Fr Provincial Thomas V. Nolan, 27 November 1916Letter from Fr John Fitzgibbon to Fr Provincial Thomas V. Nolan, 12 June 1917Letter from Fr John Fitzgibbon to Fr Provincial Thomas V. Nolan, circa April 1918Letter from Fr John Fitzgibbon to Fr Provincial Thomas V. Nolan, circa 1918Letter from John Fitzgibbon to Fr Provincial Thomas V. Nolan, circa 1918Letter from Fr John Fitzgibbon to Fr Provincial Thomas V. Nolan, January 1918Letter from Fr John Fitzgibbon to Fr Provincial Thomas V. Nolan, circa 1918Letter from Fr John Fitzgibbon to Fr Provincial Thomas V. Nolan, circa 1918Letter from Fr John Fitzgibbon to Fr Provincial Thomas V. Nolan, circa 1918Letter from Dom Stephen Rawlinson to Fr Provincial Thomas V. Nolan, 20 September 1918Letter from Dom Stephen Rawlinson to Fr Provincial Thomas V. Nolan, 23 September 1918Letter from Fr William Keary to Fr Provincial Thomas V. Nolan, 12 October 1918Letter from Fr William Keary to Fr Provincial Thomas V. Nolan, 6 October 1918Letter from Patrick F. Quinlan to Fr Provincial Thomas V. Nolan, 4 October 1918Letter from Patrick F. Quinlan to Fr Provincial Thomas V. Nolan, 14 October 1918Letter from Patrick F. Quinlan to Fr Provincial Thomas V. Nolan, 12 October 1918Cablegram from John Dillon to John P McGoorty, 20 May 1916Letter from Francis M. Shaw to Fr Provincial Thomas V. Nolan, 10 May 1919Letter from Francis M. Shaw to Fr Provincial Thomas V. Nolan, 15 May 1919Letter from John Fitzgibbon to Fr Provincial Thomas V. Nolan, circa 1916Letter from John Fitzgibbon to Fr Provincial Thomas V. Nolan, 10 April 1916Letter from John Fitzgibbon to Fr Provincial Thomas V. Nolan, circa 1916Letter from John Fitzgibbon to Fr Provincial Thomas V. Nolan, 8 December 1917Letter from Fitzgibbon to Fr Provincial Thomas V. Nolan, 27 December 1917Letter from P.F. Quinlan, 23 September 1918Letter from P.F. Quinlan to Fr Provincial Thomas V. Nolan, 30 September 1918Letters from Kathleen Durcan to Willie Daly, 19 March 1923 Jack Fitzgibbon Letter from Fr John Fitzgibbon to Fr Provincial Thomas V. Nolan, circa 1918