west as is traditional for Christian clergy, and points towards the altar of the cemetery's mortuary chapel. The Old Comrades Association of the Royal Munster Fusiliers honoured him in their annual report, stating that he was "a canon when he died. A saint when next we all meet". Gleeson's war diaries were discovered in a room at his clergy house many years after his death and are held by the Archdiocese of Dublin and the National Museum of Ireland at Collins Barracks, Dublin. The diaries, notes and records from the diocesan collection were digitised in an 18-month-long joint project with the University College Dublin that was completed in April 2015. Gleeson is mentioned in Frank Delaney's novel Shannon, set in post-war Ireland, with reference made to his taking command of the battalion at the First Battle of Ypres and to being "a bit shook up" by his experiences. The stole Gleeson wore during his famous absolution before Aubers Ridge was rediscovered in August 2014 in the collection of the National Army Museum, having been acquired by them in 1959. A memorial was unveiled on the centenary of the fighting at Aubers Ridge in May 2015 at the recently rediscovered site of Gleeson's absolution at Rue de Bois. References Sources 1884 births 1959 deaths 20th-century Irish Roman Catholic priests Irish people of World War I Royal Army Chaplains' Department officers British Army personnel of World War I People from County Tipperary Irish military chaplains World War I chaplains Burials at Glasnevin Cemetery Alumni of Clonliffe College Alumni of St Patrick's College, Maynooth