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About Help Contact login Rev Cyril Peyton SJ Title: Rev First Name: Cyril Middle Names: Preferred Name: Surname: Peyton Order: SJ Date of Birth: 25-Mar-1911 Place of Birth: Dublin Country of Birth: Ireland Date of Ordination: Place of Ordination: Country of Ordination: Ordination Diocese: Seminary: Date of Death: 27-Jul-1955 Place of Death: Limerick Country of Death: Ireland Date of Burial: 1955 Place of Burial: Mungret, Co Limerick Country of Burial: Ireland Find A Grave URL: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/190222359 FindaGrave - Person Photo FindaGrave - Grave Photo Biographical Notes Fr David Strong SJ, The Australian dictionary of Jesuit biography 1848-2015, Second Edition, 2017: Peyton, Cyril Missionary, pastor; born Dublin, Ireland, 25 March 1911; died Limerick, Ireland, 27 July 1955, aged 44. Cyril Peyton entered the Society at Emo Park, Ireland, 12 November 1932, was a junior at Rathfarnham, philosopher at Tullamore, and then went to Hong Kong, 1938, to study Chinese. He went to Australia and Canisius College, Pymble, for theology, 1941-44, and then returned to Ireland where he did tertianship at Rathfarnham, 1946-47. He returned to Australia and the parish of Hawthorn in 1948, did pastoral work residing at St Aloysius' College, Milson's Point, 1949, spent a few years teaching at Riverview and then returned to Ireland in 1953. He was stationed at the Crescent, Limerick, and died when he took some medicine intended for external application internally. Peyton was a very eccentric person, though this was not obvious in his outward appearance or behaviour. When at Riverview he seemed to be altogether erratic and unreliable. He was a man who found ordinary living difficult. (Reproduced by permission of Fr David Strong SJ.)

Title:

Rev

First Name:

Cyril

Middle Names:

Preferred Name:

Surname:

Peyton

Order:

Date of Birth:

25-Mar-1911

Place of Birth:

Dublin

Country of Birth:

Ireland

Date of Ordination:

Place of Ordination:

Country of Ordination:

Ordination Diocese:

Seminary:

Date of Death:

27-Jul-1955

Place of Death:

Limerick

Country of Death:

Ireland

Date of Burial:

1955

Place of Burial:

Mungret, Co Limerick

Country of Burial:

Ireland

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https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/190222359

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Fr David Strong SJ, The Australian dictionary of Jesuit biography 1848-2015, Second Edition, 2017:
Peyton, Cyril

Missionary, pastor; born Dublin, Ireland, 25 March 1911; died Limerick, Ireland, 27 July 1955, aged 44.

Cyril Peyton entered the Society at Emo Park, Ireland, 12 November 1932, was a junior at Rathfarnham, philosopher at Tullamore, and then went to Hong Kong, 1938, to study Chinese. He went to Australia and Canisius College, Pymble, for theology, 1941-44, and then returned to Ireland where he did tertianship at Rathfarnham, 1946-47.

He returned to Australia and the parish of Hawthorn in 1948, did pastoral work residing at St Aloysius' College, Milson's Point, 1949, spent a few years teaching at Riverview and then returned to Ireland in 1953. He was stationed at the Crescent, Limerick, and died when he took some medicine intended for external application internally.

Peyton was a very eccentric person, though this was not obvious in his outward appearance or behaviour. When at Riverview he seemed to be altogether erratic and unreliable. He was a man who found ordinary living difficult.

(Reproduced by permission of Fr David Strong SJ.)

Rev Cyril Peyton SJ

Biographical Notes