File 77 - The eager heart, a short life of Father Theobald Mathew

Baptismal name: Daniel Gerard Flynn
Religious name: Fr. Matthew Flynn OFM Cap.
Date of birth: 21 Feb. 1915
Place of birth: Cork
Name of father: John Flynn (Railway Guard)
Name of mother: Ellen Flynn (née Morrissey)
Date of reception into the Capuchin Order: 3 Oct. 1932
Date of first profession: 4 Oct. 1933
Date of final profession: 4 Oct. 1936
Date of ordination (as priest): 23 June 1940
Educational attainments: BA (1936)
Ministries/Apostolates: President of Father Mathew Hall, Cork, 1943-60
Date of death: 17 Apr. 1978
Place of death: Cork
Place of burial: Cemetery, Rochestown Capuchin Friary, Cork