"Suddenly death is happening everywhere and so much faster than ever before. The rest of us are unable to do anything but survive. Thank you, Edna O'Brien. You gave me the sudden urge to write something down. You took the lead. You knew it had to be said."

MORRISSEY.

"Sometimes too sad to comment. Jim was personal security for me during the Smiths and the early solo years … of good faith, smiles and kindness, Jim was the Dublin of eternal steel. Who else but Jim would wash my clothes by hand - unasked?

These days, we live life one shock at a time. There is no other way. Jim's departure is todays' shock." MORRISSEY.

above photo of Elsie taken by her daddy

Photographs by Ryan Lowry

photos by Tris Penna