Thomas A. Finlay, S. J. was an Irish

Ireland

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 Catholic

Roman Catholic Church

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 priest

Priest

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, economist, philosopher and editor.

He founded and edited the magazines Lyceum, New Ireland Review

New Ireland Review

The New Ireland Review was an Irish literary magazine founded in Dublin, Ireland in 1894. It was founded by Rev. Thomas A. Finlay, S.J., who was the editor until 1911, when it was replaced by the journal Studies....

and Studies. He helped found the Messenger of the Sacred Heart

Messenger of the Sacred Heart

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, the Irish Monthly

Irish Monthly

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and the Irish Homestead

Irish Homestead

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He was auditor of the Literary and Historical Society

Auditors of the Literary and Historical Society (University College Dublin)

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 (University College Dublin) in 1883-1884. He was, in turn, professor of classics, of philosophy, and of political economy at University College Dublin

University College Dublin

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 from 1903 to 1930.

With Horace Plunkett he helped found the Irish Co-operative Agricultural Organisation Society. He was a Commissioner of National Education, chaired the Committee on Intermediate Education, and was chairman of the trustees of the National Library

National Library of Ireland

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Thomas J. Morrissey, SJ

Thomas Morrissey

Fr. Thomas "Tom" J. Morrissey, historian, teacher and writer, was the fifth Director of Education at the College of Industrial Relations from 1983 to 1989....

Thomas A. Finlay SJ, 1848–1940, Educationalist, editor, social reformer. Four Courts Press, Dublin, 2004. ISBN 1-85182-827-3