There I discovered to my surprise that a few letters involving the Joyce family had been withdrawn...for decades to come. Lucia Joyce, the beloved only daughter in her twenties, brought this trio and the Currans together in urgent letter writing. Just 10 days before Lucia went missing, he had faced an intimate family friend dying. Photograph: UCD Curran CollectionA sample image of Lucia Joyce’s Lettrines from A Chaucer ABCWith Lucia, it was a more delicate affair. When the police found his friend’s daughter in downtown Dublin, Daddo had to persuade them to release her to him.

Source: The Irish Times February 02, 2020 04:32 UTC