Life
1848-1940 [Rev. T. A. Finlay]; b. Co. Cavan, ed. St Patrick’s College,
Cavan; St. Acheul, Amiens; and Gregorian University, Rome; joined Jesuits,
1866; ord. 1881; Rector of Belvedere College, 1882-87; Prof. of Economy,
UCD and President of University Hall, Dublin; member of the RIA; supporter of Co-operative movement and Vice-President of
the Irish Agricultural Organisation Society [IAOS]; fnd. with others Lyceum
(1887-1893), later merging with New Ireland Review which he edited
1894-1911; assured W. B. Yeats that there was nothing blasphemous in Countess
Cathleen prior to production, 1899; his address on trade unionism to the Maynooth Union in 1899 was answered by James Connolly in the Workers’ Republic; issued a serial novel, The
Chances of War, publ. in The Irish Monthly (No. 3-5, 1876-75).
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Works
Four in Hand (Dublin 1917), contains Our Irish Canals, and
Races of Castlebar; also The Chances of War (Dublin n.d.),
tale of 1646; With the Army of O’Neill (Dublin n.d.) [school
edn.] (See Cathach Books, Cat 12.)
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Criticism
Thomas Morrissey, Thomas Finlay SJ, 1848-1940: Educationalist, Editor Social Reformer (Dublin: Four Courts Press 2004) [q.pp.].
James Connolly, ‘Father Finlay, S.J., and Socialism’, from Workers’ Republic (1 July 1899) [infra].
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Notes
Doherty & Hickey, A Chronology of Irish History Since
1500 (Dublin: Gill & Macmillan 1989); offers variant details:
ed. Maynooth, ord. 1876; rector of Belvedere, 1882-87; joint Prof. of
Mental and Moral Philosophy, UCD, with his br. Peter; fnd. Lyceum Club,
1884; fnd.-ed. Lyceum, 1887-94; co-fnd. with Matthew Russell The
Irish Monthly; supported Horace Plunkett; served on committee of IAOS;
ed. chairman of Irish Homestead; Prof. of Economy, Royal University
and UCD, 1909-30; contrib. New Ireland Review; Studies; The Economic Journal.
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Princess Grace Irish Library (Monaco)