Chuaigh sé i gcion go mór ar ghlúnta de scoláirí óga: ‘There is no doubt but that he had a remarkable ability to fire the enthusiasm of aspiring young scholars with his total commitment to scholarship, and to open up their intellectual horizons with the awesome breadth of his knowledge.
Deir Deirdre Flanagan: ‘We shall remember him not only for the breadth of his scholarship and his willingness to share his expertise with the many who sought it, but also for his unaffected friendliness, his infectious good humour, his obvious enjoyment of life, his hospitality...
‘I had not proceeded far with my arrangements when it was made plain to me that there was not a priest…the length and breadth of Connemara who would dream of permitting his school to be used for anything so subversive,’ a scríobh sé.