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About Help Contact login Rev Dominic Kelly SJ Title: Rev First Name: Dominic Middle Names: Preferred Name: Surname: Kelly Order: SJ Date of Birth: 04-Aug-1873 Place of Birth: Co Wexford Country of Birth: Ireland Date of Ordination: Place of Ordination: Country of Ordination: Ordination Diocese: Seminary: Date of Death: 07-Sep-1952 Place of Death: Sydney NSW Country of Death: Australia Date of Burial: Sep - 1952 Place of Burial: Gore Hill NSW Country of Burial: Australia Find A Grave URL: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/300546949 FindaGrave - Person Photo FindaGrave - Grave Photo Biographical Notes Fr David Strong SJ, The Australian dictionary of Jesuit biography 1848-2015, Second Edition, 2017: Kelly, Dominic Scholar, teacher; born Wexford, Ireland, 4 August 1873; died Sydney, 7 September 1952, aged 79. Dominic Kelly was educated at Clongowes, 1886-90, and entered the Society at Tullamore, 6 September 1890. After studying the classics at the National University, Dublin, 1892-95, where he gained a MA degree, he taught rhetoric and prepared students for the public examinations at Tullamore College, 1895-99. Then he studied philosophy at Valkenburg, 1899-01, returning to Clongowes to teach Latin, Greek and German, 1901-03. A further few years were spent teaching at the Crescent, Limerick, before theology at Milltown Park, 1904-08. Tertianship was at Tronchiennes 1911. After a few years teaching Greek and Latin at Clongowes, Kelly was sent to Australia, teaching mathematics and physics at Xavier College, Kew, 1916-18. Then he went to Newman College, 1919-47, tutoring university students in Latin, Greek, French and German. He had a college choir for a few years, and was spiritual father to the community. He enjoyed his time there, and the students enjoyed his company. In his own quiet way, he joined the students in their activities. He attended all the sporting matches on the oval, and was seen, on a bicycle watching the boat races. He entered into their poker games by working out the probability of a royal flush to be 1 in 649,739! His final years, 1948-52, were spent teaching patrology and modern languages to the scholastics at Canisius College, Pymble. He also taught liturgy and biblical Greek. Kelly was a very quiet little man, very erudite and modest with a wide variety of interests. He gave a good, but emotional retreat, and translated the Spiritual Exercises of Ignatius Loyola into Gaelic. He interested himself in astronomy and discovered a new star. As a hobby, he studied botany, especially seaweed. He could quote Horace without reference to the books. He was fascinated with the camera and took aerial photographs of Clongowes by means of a camera attached to a box kite. As a young man he played football and cricket and always remained a keen and capable tennis player. All in all, he was an accomplished person who was highly respected as a man who combined great learning with unaffected modesty. (Reproduced by permission of Fr David Strong SJ.)

Title:

Rev

First Name:

Dominic

Middle Names:

Preferred Name:

Surname:

Kelly

Order:

Date of Birth:

04-Aug-1873

Place of Birth:

Co Wexford

Country of Birth:

Ireland

Date of Ordination:

Place of Ordination:

Country of Ordination:

Ordination Diocese:

Seminary:

Date of Death:

07-Sep-1952

Place of Death:

Sydney NSW

Country of Death:

Australia

Date of Burial:

Sep - 1952

Place of Burial:

Gore Hill NSW

Country of Burial:

Australia

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https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/300546949

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

Scholar, teacher; born Wexford, Ireland, 4 August 1873; died Sydney, 7 September 1952, aged 79.

Dominic Kelly was educated at Clongowes, 1886-90, and entered the Society at Tullamore, 6 September 1890. After studying the classics at the National University, Dublin, 1892-95, where he gained a MA degree, he taught rhetoric and prepared students for the public examinations at Tullamore College, 1895-99. Then he studied philosophy at Valkenburg, 1899-01, returning to Clongowes to teach Latin, Greek and German, 1901-03. A further few years were spent teaching at the Crescent, Limerick, before theology at Milltown Park, 1904-08. Tertianship was at Tronchiennes 1911.

After a few years teaching Greek and Latin at Clongowes, Kelly was sent to Australia, teaching mathematics and physics at Xavier College, Kew, 1916-18.

Then he went to Newman College, 1919-47, tutoring university students in Latin, Greek, French and German. He had a college choir for a few years, and was spiritual father to the community. He enjoyed his time there, and the students enjoyed his company. In his own quiet way, he joined the students in their activities. He attended all the sporting matches on the oval, and was seen, on a bicycle watching the boat races. He entered into their poker games by working out the probability of a royal flush to be 1 in 649,739!

His final years, 1948-52, were spent teaching patrology and modern languages to the scholastics at Canisius College, Pymble. He also taught liturgy and biblical Greek.

Kelly was a very quiet little man, very erudite and modest with a wide variety of interests. He gave a good, but emotional retreat, and translated the Spiritual Exercises of Ignatius Loyola into Gaelic. He interested himself in astronomy and discovered a new star. As a hobby, he studied botany, especially seaweed. He could quote Horace without reference to the books. He was fascinated with the camera and took aerial photographs of Clongowes by means of a camera attached to a box kite.

As a young man he played football and cricket and always remained a keen and capable tennis player. All in all, he was an accomplished person who was highly respected as a man who combined great learning with unaffected modesty.

(Reproduced by permission of Fr David Strong SJ.)

Rev Dominic Kelly SJ

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