Letter from John Fitzgibbon to Fr Provincial Thomas V. Nolan, circa 1916
arrived late last night,
and intend going off
this evening to see
my people. I hope
to catch you on my
return journey. Your obedient Child J. Fitzgibbon SJ.
12.45am
Letter from John Fitzgibbon to Father Provincial regarding John Fitzgibbon's arrival in France and a meeting that he had. Fr John Fitzgibbon SJ (1882-1918). His adopted name was Jack. His father, John Fitzgibbon, was a successful draper and subsequent Member of Parliament (PM) the time period 1910-1918. His brother, Michael Fitzgibbon, was captain in the Royal Dublin Fusiliers and was killed in the Battle of Gallipoli. Jack was ordained a priest on 31st July, 1915. Subsequently, he served in the 6th Division of the British Army, and enlisting shortly after the death of his brother. He was promoted to senior chaplain in 1917, and in the same year he was gassed at Loos on 5th September and was awarded the military cross. Next year, on 18th September, Jack was killed in action by an artillery shell at Attilly and buried at Trefcon, St. Quentin, Picardie. Fr. Thomas V. Nolan (1867-1941) 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.
How to cite
Letters 1916, published by the Austrian Centre for Digital Humanities, Vienna, 2026 (https://letters1916static.github.io/letters1916-static/item__4520.html)
- Place
- Dublin, Ireland
- Mentioned in
- Letter from Fr Francis M. Shaw to Fr Provincial Thomas V. Nolan, End of December 1917
- Letter from Fr Francis M. Shaw to Fr Provincial Thomas V. Nolan, End of February 1918
- Letter from Fr Francis M. Shaw to Fr Provincial Thomas V. Nolan, 3 April 1918
- Letter from Fr Francis M. Shaw to Fr Provincial Thomas V. Nolan, 1 May 1918
- Letter from Fr Francis M. Shaw to Fr Provincial Thomas V. Nolan, 22 May 1918
- Letter from Fr Francis M. Shaw to Fr Provincial Thomas V. Nolan, 25 June 1918
- Letter from Fr Francis M. Shaw to Fr Provincial Thomas V. Nolan, August 1918
- Letter from Fr Francis M. Shaw to Fr Provincial Thomas V Nolan, 29 August 1918
- Letter from Fr Francis M. Shaw to Fr Provincial Thomas V. Nolan, 30 October 1918
- Letter from Fr Francis M. Shaw to Fr Provincial Thomas V. Nolan, 28 November 1918
- Letter from Fr Francis M. Shaw to Fr Provincial Thomas V. Nolan, 28 December 1918
- Letter from Fr Francis M. Shaw to Fr Provincial Thomas V. Nolan, 19 January 1919
- Letter from Fr Francis M. Shaw to Fr Provincial Thomas V. Nolan, 23 January 1919
- Letter from Fr Francis M. Shaw to Fr Provincial Thomas V. Nolan, 27 March 1919
- Letter from Fr Francis M. Shaw to Fr Provincial Thomas V. Nolan, 23 April 1919
- Letter from J. Stratton to Fr Provincial Thomas V. Nolan, 8 April 1919
- Letter from Fr John Fitzgibbon to Fr Provincial Thomas V. Nolan, circa 1916
- Letter from Fr John Fitzgibbon to Fr Provincial Thomas V. Nolan, circa 1916
- Letter from Fr John Fitzgibbon to Fr Provincial Thomas V. Nolan, 14 March 1916
- Letter from Fr John Fitzgibbon to Fr Provincial Thomas V. Nolan, 23 September 1916
- Letter from Fr John Fitzgibbon to Fr Provincial Thomas V. Nolan, 27 November 1916
- Letter from Fr John Fitzgibbon to Fr Provincial Thomas V. Nolan, 12 June 1917
- Letter from Fr John Fitzgibbon to Fr Provincial Thomas V. Nolan, circa April 1918
- Letter from Fr John Fitzgibbon to Fr Provincial Thomas V. Nolan, circa 1918
- Letter from John Fitzgibbon to Fr Provincial Thomas V. Nolan, circa 1918
- Letter from Fr John Fitzgibbon to Fr Provincial Thomas V. Nolan, January 1918
- Letter from Fr John Fitzgibbon to Fr Provincial Thomas V. Nolan, circa 1918
- Letter from Fr John Fitzgibbon to Fr Provincial Thomas V. Nolan, circa 1918
- Letter from Fr John Fitzgibbon to Fr Provincial Thomas V. Nolan, circa 1918
- Letter from Dom Stephen Rawlinson to Fr Provincial Thomas V. Nolan, 20 September 1918
- Letter from Dom Stephen Rawlinson to Fr Provincial Thomas V. Nolan, 23 September 1918
- Letter from Fr William Keary to Fr Provincial Thomas V. Nolan, 12 October 1918
- Letter from Fr William Keary to Fr Provincial Thomas V. Nolan, 6 October 1918
- Letter from Patrick F. Quinlan to Fr Provincial Thomas V. Nolan, 4 October 1918
- Letter from Patrick F. Quinlan to Fr Provincial Thomas V. Nolan, 14 October 1918
- Letter from Patrick F. Quinlan to Fr Provincial Thomas V. Nolan, 12 October 1918
- Cablegram from John Dillon to John P McGoorty, 20 May 1916
- Letter from Francis M. Shaw to Fr Provincial Thomas V. Nolan, 10 May 1919
- Letter from Francis M. Shaw to Fr Provincial Thomas V. Nolan, 15 May 1919
- Letter from John Fitzgibbon to Fr Provincial Thomas V. Nolan, circa 1916
- Letter from John Fitzgibbon to Fr Provincial Thomas V. Nolan, 10 April 1916
- Letter from John Fitzgibbon to Fr Provincial Thomas V. Nolan, circa 1916
- Letter from John Fitzgibbon to Fr Provincial Thomas V. Nolan, 8 December 1917
- Letter from Fitzgibbon to Fr Provincial Thomas V. Nolan, 27 December 1917
- Letter from P.F. Quinlan, 23 September 1918
- Letter from P.F. Quinlan to Fr Provincial Thomas V. Nolan, 30 September 1918
- Letters from Kathleen Durcan to Willie Daly, 19 March 1923
- Place
- France
- Mentioned in
- Letter from Fr John Fitzgibbon to Fr Provincial Thomas V. Nolan, circa 1916
- Letter from Fr John Fitzgibbon to Fr Provincial Thomas V. Nolan, January 1918
- Letter from Dom Stephen Rawlinson to Fr Provincial Thomas V. Nolan, 20 September 1918
- Letter from Dom Stephen Rawlinson to Fr Provincial Thomas V. Nolan, 23 September 1918
- Letter from John Fitzgibbon to Fr Provincial Thomas V. Nolan, circa 1916
- Letter from John Fitzgibbon to Fr Provincial Thomas V. Nolan, circa 1916
- Mentioned in
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- Letter from Fr John Fitzgibbon to Fr Provincial Thomas V. Nolan, circa 1916
- Letter from Fr John Fitzgibbon to Fr Provincial Thomas V. Nolan, circa 1916
- Letter from Fr John Fitzgibbon to Fr Provincial Thomas V. Nolan, 23 September 1916
- Letter from Fr John Fitzgibbon to Fr Provincial Thomas V. Nolan, 27 November 1916
- Letter from Fr John Fitzgibbon to Fr Provincial Thomas V. Nolan, 12 June 1917
- Letter from Fr John Fitzgibbon to Fr Provincial Thomas V. Nolan, circa April 1918
- Letter from Fr John Fitzgibbon to Fr Provincial Thomas V. Nolan, circa 1918
- Letter from John Fitzgibbon to Fr Provincial Thomas V. Nolan, circa 1918
- Letter from Fr John Fitzgibbon to Fr Provincial Thomas V. Nolan, January 1918
- Letter from Fr John Fitzgibbon to Fr Provincial Thomas V. Nolan, circa 1918
- Letter from Fr John Fitzgibbon to Fr Provincial Thomas V. Nolan, 9 March 1918
- Letter from Fr John Fitzgibbon to Fr Provincial Thomas V. Nolan, circa 1918
- Letter from John Fitzgibbon to Fr Provincial Thomas V. Nolan, circa 1916
- Letter from John Fitzgibbon to Fr Provincial Thomas V. Nolan, 10 April 1916
- Letter from John Fitzgibbon to Fr Provincial Thomas V. Nolan, 8 December 1917