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Marie Dubedat - the Irish nightingale
Joyce
was intrigued by the literary possibilities of the name ‘Dubedat’, and
he refers to the family numerous times in his work. Fritz Senn is
undoubtedly right in saying that, although there was a Miss Du Bedat in
Killiney, 'this fact is of far less importance than the use her name is
put to’.
[more...]
Flynnlandia, or the rise (and fall) of the House of Usher "It was always a great affair, the Misses Morkan’s annual
dance."
The Morkans have a back-history, and it's here [more...]
Comings and Goings: Joyce's words in the Oxford English Dictionary Work towards the Third Edition of the OED (2000-; now around 40% complete) changes the profile of Joyce in the dictionary, especially as his quotations are sometimes displaced by new first usages found in other, earlier sources [more...] | Katey Keogh at the Volta Cinema in Dublin
Katey
Keogh was thought to have been an imaginary character created by
Joyce. But it seems she was a real person, a Dubliner, who was in all
likelihood known to Joyce. She
worked for a time at the Volta Cinema when she was seventeen. It's not known how long she worked there. She also
got her younger brother William a job as an Assistant to projectionist Lenny
Collinge at the Volta - the first cinema in
Dublin. Decorated in light blue and crimson, it could seat up to 420 people. Entrance
tickets sold from 2d to 6d, depending on the seats.
 On
18 January 1917 Katey married Joseph Synnott, who was a soldier, at St
Catherine’s Church, near her home at 23 Thomas Street. He lived at 8
Greenmount, Harold’s Cross, where they subsequently lived. They had
four sons ...
Read Vivien Igoe's account of Katey at Joyce's People here.
Also included in this issue: Ian Gunn examines the topography of 7 Eccles Street, Harald Beck looks into the first "Lady Freemason", as reported by Nosey Flynn, Marc Mamigonian reflects on white hats and stolen donkeys, Áine Nolan researches the Ursuline Manual in 'Circe'. And more...
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