James Joyce was born on 2 February 1882, the eldest of ten surviving children. James, a gifted and sometimes industrious scholar, began his education with the Jesuits, Ireland’s most prestigious educators of Catholic youth, at their school at Clongowes Woods. He was not there long before he was withdrawn. Although the family fortunes were already in peril, the withdrawal appears to have been for reasons of James’ health. He received some education apparently at a Christian Brothers’ school, but his scholastic ability was such that the Jesuits were happy to give him an education, this time at Belvedere College.
After Belvedere, Joyce enrolled at the recently established University College Dublin (UCD) in 1898, studying English, French, and Italian. He also became active in theatrical and literary circles in the city. In 1900 his review of Henrik Ibsen's New Drama was published in Fortnightly Review; it was his first publication and he received a note of thanks from the Norwegian dramatist himself. Joyce wrote a number of other articles and at least two plays (since lost) during this period. Many of the friends he made at University College Dublin would appear as characters in Joyce's written works.
There will be a bonus cache to find for those who collect all the caches in this series...simply collect the codes from the inside of each cache in the series and a final set of co-ordinates will be posted at the end of the series...
The other caches in the series so far:
(GC3D4D4) James Joyce's Life Series #1 - Childhood Days
(GC3DMQT) James Joyce's Life Series #3 - Courting Days
(GC3K4H2) James Joyce's Life Series #4 - Nora's Story
(GC3K4F7) James Joyce's Life Series #5 - The French Connection
(GC3MGH5) James Joyce's Life Series #6 - Faithful Departed
