Stephen Doyle OP

Fr Stephen Doyle, who was buried in St Mary's Priory Tallaght today, spent most of his Dominican life working in Trinidad.

Back in the late 1960s, early 1970s Stephen was teaching religion in the Vocational School in Tallaght. He had a full day of religion class Monday to Friday and he worked terribly hard at it.

Anyone who has taught in an Irish school knows the difficult job it is and teaching religion makes it more difficult.

But Stephen did it in his stride with no fuss or drama. He was also an eloquent preacher. The late Fr Paul Hynes considered him back then one of the best preachers in the province.

He was a gentle person, who gave the impression that he was attentive and interested to those with whom he engaged.

I taught two of his nephews in Newbridge College and I can still remember how polite and gentle they were.

May he rest in peace.

MC