Clodagh Finn: Vivid imagination and keen intellect of Tralee-born journalist Alice Curtayne
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Alice Curtayne. ‘Her books are the brilliant output of a vivid imagination, a keen intellect, and the mighty power to portray the human experience in all its mystery, and human history in all its complexity.’
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Growing up, Davoc remembers lots of interesting visitors coming to their home on the family farm in Prosperous, Co Kildare. “I remember the poet Padraic Colum, author Eilís Dillon, the author Mary Lavin, Cardinal John Wright of Philadelphia. I served him when he said Mass in our home way back then,” says Davoc.