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

Teacher; born Ballinasloe, Co Galway, Ireland, 25 August 1846; died St Patrick's College, East Melbourne, 11 February 1908, aged 61.

Thomas Leahy studied at Athlone before entering the Society at Milltown Park, 5 August 1865. He studied philosophy at Louvain, 1869-70, and theology at Laval, France, 1879-80. He taught mathematics and natural philosophy at the Crescent, Limerick, 1874-76, and French, mathematics and physics at Belvedere College, Dublin, 1880-83. Before tertianship at Roehampton, England, 1884, he was minister at University College, Dublin. Then he was appointed to teach at the Crescent and in Galway, 1885-87, before leaving for Australia in 1887.

His first appointment was to prepare students in classics, French and English for the public examination at Riverview. He became prefect of studies at St Aloysius' College, Bourke Street, 1889-90, and continued his teaching for the public examinations.

His main administrative appointment was as rector of St Patrick's College, 1890-97, when he was also procurator and prefect of studies as well as a teacher. Afterwards he taught in succession at St Aloysius' College, 1897-98, Xavier College as minister, 1898-01, and St Patrick's College as minister 1901-8.

He was a very gentle, kind man, whom everybody seemed to like, and he did a great deal of good work, but without any fanfare. At Riverview he was considered a fine teacher of classics.

(Reproduced by permission of Fr David Strong SJ.)