Author Pochin Mould’s adventure in life comes to an end

The death notice that appeared in yesterday’s Irish Examiner was spare and to the point — a bit like the deceased herself.

Author Pochin Mould’s adventure in life comes to an end

The absence of unnecessary embellishment was typical of Daphne, yet it belies the complexity of a woman whose long and eventful life saw her journey from her birthplace in 1920 in England to Ireland, settling in Aherla, Co Cork.

She also undertook a spiritual journey, from high Anglicanism to agnosticism to devout Catholicism, with a sense of wonder she had exhibited since childhood.

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