C A Joyce

Cyril Alfred "C A" Joyce (1900-) was a British prison manager and headmaster of an Approved School.

He served in the army during World War I, and afterwards in the Army Education Corps.^[1] He then took a degree at University College, Southampton.^[1] He joined the prison service in 1922.^[1]

One of his charges at Borstal was the young IRA volunteer and novelist Brendan Behan, known for his autobiographical novel, Borstal Boy.^[2]

He appeared as a "castaway" on the BBC Radio programme Desert Island Discs on 30 October 1971.^[3]

A biography of Joyce, The hidden boy, by Richard Heron Ward, was published in 1962^[4] His autobiography, Thoughts of a Lifetime, was published in 1971.^[5]

Joyce's wife was an accomplished sculptor.^[1]

Biography

• Richard, Heron Ward (1962). The hidden boy: The work of C.A.Joyce as headmaster of an approved school. Cassell.

Autobiography

• —— (1971). Thoughts of a Lifetime. Harper Collins. ISBN 978-0551000391.

References

1. O'Sullivan, Michael. "Brendan Behan: A Life". Google Search. pp. 61–68. Retrieved 14 August 2014.
2. "Writers in the DIB: Brendan Behan (1923-1964)". Dictionary of Irish Biography. Royal Irish Academy. Retrieved 14 August 2014.
3. "Desert Island Discs - Castaway : C A Joyce". BBC Online. BBC. Retrieved 14 August 2014.
4. Ward, Richard Heron (1962). The hidden boy: The work of C.A.Joyce as headmaster of an approved school. Cassell.
5. Joyce, C A (1971). Thoughts of a Lifetime. Harper Collins. ISBN 978-0551000391.