[1] Edward J. Galvin was born at Newcestown, County Cork, Ireland, on 23 November 1882.
He was ordained a Catholic priest at St Patrick's College, Maynooth, County Kildare, in 1909 for his home diocese of Cork.
While there, in January 1912, he met Father Fraser, who was en route back to China.
From his arrival in China until his expulsion in 1952, Galvin would have experienced some good years, but difficulties and dangers predominated: a corrupt Chinese government, local warlords and banditry, floods, drought, and the Japanese invasion, among others.
Expelled from China, he returned to his native Ireland in 1953 and retired to Dalgan Park, Navan, County Meath, broken in spirit.