I whakaakona ia i te Whare Wānanga o St. Jarlath, i Tuam, i te Whare Wānanga o St. Patrick, i Maynooth, i whakatapua ia i te tau 1939.
Ae ra, ko te putanga matatini ake o te rerenga korero ko "I whakaakona ia i te Whare Wananga o St. Jarlath, Tuam, me te Whare Wananga o St. Patrick, Maynooth, whai muri i nga akoranga paetahi i Maynooth i whakawhiwhia ki a ia he Doctorate of Divinity i te 1941. "