Ep. 119 - MEMORABLE BATTLES RECALLED
“... it would be a shrewd dialectician indeed who would make much sense out of the editor’s crowings about North Cork militia with Spanish officers in Ohio.” - Robert M. Adams
The Battle of Vinegar Hill
Topics in this episode include the North Cork Militia, the Battle of Oulart, Ned Lambert’s superior improv skills, Bloom’s professionalism, Myles Crawford as a mirror to Mr. Deasy, what any of this has to do with Ohio, perfect cretics, incipient jigs, the symbol of the harp, why Lenehan is the worst, Lenehan’s outing in “Two Gallants”, Lenehan in Ulysses, Michael Hart, “The Boys of Wexford”, the Wolfe Tones, how and why songs change over time, and a curious end to a curious artefact.
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Further Reading:
Adams, R. M. (1962). Surface and Symbol: The Consistency of James Joyce’s Ulysses. New York: Oxford University Press.
Bowen, Z. (1974). Musical allusions in the works of James Joyce: Early poetry through Ulysses. Albany: State University of New York Press. Retrieved from https://tinyurl.com/y9erlwtw
Dorney, J. (2017, Oct 28). The 1798 rebellion -A brief overview. The Irish Story. Retrieved from https://www.theirishstory.com/2017/10/28/the-1798-rebellion-a-brief-overview/#.YcokNi-B1WM
Fishback, P. (2021). The British Army in Ulysses: Volume II of the British Army on Bloomsday. Birmingham, Alabama: F.F. Simulations, Inc. Retrieved from https://tinyurl.com/2t8rjmsv
Gifford, D., & Seidman, R. J. (1988). Ulysses annotated: Notes for James Joyce's Ulysses. Berkeley: University of California Press. Retrieved from https://tinyurl.com/vy6j4tk
Kee, R. (2003). Ireland: a history. London: Abacus.
Looby, D. (2018, Feb 03). Ancient sword shines in Ottawa museum. The Irish Independent. Retrieved from https://www.independent.ie/regionals/goreyguardian/news/ancient-sword-shines-in-ottawa-museum-36544180.html
Mason, R. (2013, Dec 18). Weapon Wednesday: The Long History of an Irish Bronze Age Sword. Royal Ottawa Museum blog. Retrieved from https://www.rom.on.ca/en/blog/weapon-wednesday-the-long-history-of-an-irish-bronze-age-sword
O’Cathaoir, B. (2004, Oct 11). An Irishman’s Diary. The Irish Times. Retrieved from https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/an-irishman-s-diary-1.1161407
Osteen, M. (1995). The economy of Ulysses: making both ends meet. New York: Syracuse University Press. Retrieved from https://tinyurl.com/yycf2ar5
Simpson, J. Gallant Michael Hart. James Joyce Online Notes. Retrieved from https://www.jjon.org/jioyce-s-people/michael-hart
Simpson, J. A perfect cretic floating down the O-hi-O. James Joyce Online Notes. Retrieved from https://www.jjon.org/joyce-s-allusions/ohio-1
Walzl, F. L. (1965). Symbolism in Joyce’s “Two Gallants.” James Joyce Quarterly, 2(2), 73–81. http://www.jstor.org/stable/25486484