Marriages, The Argus, Melbourne, 9 September 1862, p 4, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article5721782:

Wimpole-Hall. –On the 2nd inst., at St. Patrick's Cathedral, by the Rev. Michael Driscoll, Octavius Frederick Wimpole, late of the National Hotel, near Gisborne, to Emma Hall, of Chester, England.

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Young Men's Society, Freeman's Journal, Sydney, 4 October 1862, p 3, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article115764631:

This admirable Society, transplanted from Ireland, has, we hope, taken a firm root in our Australian clime; at least, it appears to be pushing for some vigorous shoots under the able guardianship of its spiritual director, the Rev. Michael O'Driscoll. They have recently taken up the good work so nobly carried out by the widely-spread Society of St. Vincent de Paul, viz., the visiting and relieving the poor in their dwellings. The city of Melbourne has been mapped out in wards, and almonors or visitors appointed to each. Offshoots are spreading into the country districts, and a very vigorous one has made its appearance at Sandhurst, under that ever indefatigable labourer in good deeds, the Rev. Dr. Backhaus.— Ibid.

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Shipping Intelligence, Entered Inwards, Colonist, Wellington, 7 April 1865, p 3, https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TC18650407.2.4:

6 [April]. —Albion, steamer, 453, [Captain] McLachlan, from Melbourne via Okitiki [Hokitika]. Passengers : saloon—[...]Rev. M. Driscoll

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Deaths, The Argus, Melbourne, 25 July 1865, p 4, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article5764892:

Driscoll.—On the 20th May, on board the steamer City of Dunedin, wrecked in Cook's Straits (all hands lost), and in the discharge of his clerical duties, the Rev. Michael Driscoll, formerly of the Chatham and Gravesend Missions, deeply and sincerely regretted by a large circle of friends in Melbourne. R.I.P. London " Tablet," please copy.

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New Zealand, Freeman's Journal, Sydney, 4 November 1865, p 698, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article115452003:

(From our own Correspondent.)
Wellington, October 9th, 1865.
On the 27th ultimo, a requiem High Mass was celebrated by his Lordship, the Right Rev. Dr. Viard, Bishop of Wellington, assisted by the Very Rev. J. J. P. O'Reilly, V.G., and the Rev. Fathers Jean Petit, Seon, McGirr, Royer, and O'Brien, in his Cathedral Church, for the repose of the soul of the Rev. Michael Driscoll, who was a passenger by the ill-fated steamer, City of Dunedin, which was lost going from here to the Hokitiki Gold-fields. The Rev. Father Driscoll arrived in New Zealand from Melbourne last April, in which latter place he zealously laboured as a missioner of Christ for upwards of three years. I hope the Bishop of that diocese and his clergy did not forget offering up their prayers for the repose of the soul of that worthy servant of the Lord who laboured so long among them. During his short stay in Wellington he gained the esteem of all who knew him, or heard his eloquent discourses from the Pulpit, and more especially of our venerated Bishop and priests who indeed appreciated his virtues. He was appointed to the Hokitiki mission to plant the Holy Catholic Faith in that quarter where its true light had not as yet penetrated and to establish among the scattered and exiled sons of Erin (who are pouring in thousands to those famed gold-fields in the West Coast of New Zealand) that Holy Faith for which they so often shed their dearest blood, nay sacrificed their very lives in its defence. "Man proposes but God disposes." The great work was destined for others to fulfil. It is supposed that the unfortunate steamer with all on board was lost somewhere outside the Wellington heads, portions of the wreck which were found there leading to this supposition. I may also add that besides the High Mass which was celebrated by his Lordship all the other priests said different masses for the same purpose. On the same day the above ceremony took place two of the priests who assisted at the celebration, the Rev. Fathers Royer and McGirr, left Wellington to labour in the same sphere in which their Rev. friend so lately lost his life in trying to reach. The Rev. Father McGirr likewise lately came from Victoria where he had been in the mission for some years, while Father Royer was called from the Otago mission where he has been for some time zealously labouring in promoting the glory of the Lord. At his departure from hence addresses were presented to him which show the esteem in which the people of that quarter appreciated his priestly virtues.

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Fr T.J. Linane, From Abel to Zundolovich, Vol. 1, 1979, p 44: "Driscoll, Michael Joseph / Ir. / Melb.to '65, N.Z. Shipwrecked 29.5.1865."

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A Prayer-Calendar of Deceased Priests & Deacons in Australia 1788-2009, compiled by W.T. Southerwood, Sixth Edition, 2009, p 67: "Melbourne, Ballarat, Vic, etc"