A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man and Dubliners - James Joyce [235]
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Poem by English writer Caroline Sheridan Norton (1808-1877).
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Café with musical entertainment.
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Serving tray.
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Heavy cotton fabric.
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Walking stick.
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Lookout.
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(1647-1690); French nun who was made a saint in 1920; she was instrumental in the establishment of the devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus.
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1843 opera with music by Irish composer Michael William Balfe (1808-1870), libretto by Alfred Bunn.
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Steamships serving England and America.
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Geographical landmark framing the north side of Dublin Bay.
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Tune, melody.
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Though some have claimed that this phrase sounds similar to something in Irish, it is probably meant simply as gibberish.
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North Liffey quayside for eastern departures.
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County Kildare town southeast of Dublin.
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Village on the south bank of the Liffey.
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The relationship between the Irish and the French is longstanding; the aid of the French in the unsuccessful 1798 rebellion, led by Wolfe Tone, is but one example.
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Supporter of Home Rule for Ireland, and of Charles Stewart Parnell.
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Port city south of Dublin; now known once again by its Irish name, Dun Laoghaire.
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That is, Trinity College, Dublin (also called the University of Dublin), the Protestant university founded in 1592 by Queen Elizabeth I.
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Tiny amount.
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The Bank of Ireland building, across the street from Trinity College; the home of the Irish Parliament before the Act of Union in 1800.
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St. Stephen’s Green, a public park bordered by the Grafton Street shopping area on the north and University College Dublin on the south.
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French regimental song dating from the 1790s.
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That is, IOUs are being used in place of money.
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Now known as Parnell Square; at the northern end of Sackville (now O’Connell) Street.
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Raincoat.
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Exquisite, over-refined.
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Pub; a licensed premises open to the public, as opposed to a private bar or club.
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Newspapers with information about the day’s horse racing.
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Formerly, a familiar landmark and rendezvous point in downtown Dublin.
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Working-class woman or one of questionable virtue.
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Rural area southeast of Dublin.
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Deceit.
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Large downtown department store.
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Careful.
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An insider tip.
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Seductive young man; similar to a “Don Juan.”
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Fool’s game; futile.
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Working as a prostitute.
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Horse-drawn hackney coach, or “hack.”
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The Protestant university founded in 1592 by Queen Elizabeth I; also called the University of Dublin.
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The Kildare Street Club, an exclusive gentleman’s club.
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From Thomas Moore’s Irish Melodies.
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St. Stephen’s Green, a public park bordered by the Grafton Street shopping area on the north and University College Dublin on the south.
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Steal the advantage from me.
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Half-past ten.
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Sheer, often starched, silk netting.
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At the time, Dublin’s most fashionable hotel, at the north end of St. Stephen’s Green.
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Fashionable neighborhood to the east of St. Stephen’s Green.
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The lawn beside the Duke of Leinster’s house, in the same block as the National
Library and the National Museum.
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Temperance (that is, nonalcoholic) beverages.
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Dublin lingo for “bartenders.”
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Untidy.
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That is, 3½ pence.
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A pub.
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The South City Market Arcade.
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On the west side of St. Stephen’s Green.
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Either a sovereign or half-sovereign.
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Neighborhood on the northeast side of Dublin.
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The temperance pledge—that is, to not drink alcohol.
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Divorce would have been impossible for a Catholic couple in Ireland at this time.
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Popular seaside holiday destinations.
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The implication is that Mrs Mooney runs not just a boarding house but a house with some features of a brothel.
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Terms from horse racing.
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That is, he is something of a boxer.
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Risqué music-hall song.
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Broker between grower and wholesaler.
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The last, abbreviated Mass at noon on Sunday.
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“Situation”; job.
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A good salary.
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Money in savings.
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Long, narrow mirror.
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Weather the criticism.