Ep. 137 - Cashel Boyle O’Connor Fitzmaurice Tisdall Farrell
“Dubliners were proud of Endymion. They were proud that they tolerated Endymion, but also that he tolerated them. Most people watched him and remembered him with affection, and only a few were aware of the darker side to some of his mutterings.” - John Simpson
Topics in this episode include Philip Beaufoy, Mina Purefoy, the real person behind Cashel Boyle O’Connor Fitzmaurice Tisdall Farrell called Endymion, harmless eccentrics, his tragic origin story, his names, his fashion, his love of the National Library, his embrace by the people of Dublin, and his friendship with Oliver St. John Gogarty.
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Further Reading:
Ellmann, R. (1959). James Joyce. Oxford University Press.
Ellmann, R. (1972). Ulysses on the Liffey. Oxford University Press. Retrieved from https://archive.org/stream/in.ernet.dli.2015.65767/2015.65767.Ulysses-On-The-Liffey_djvu.txt
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
Gilbert, S. (1955). James Joyce’s Ulysses: a study. New York: Vintage Books. Retrieved from https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.124373/page/n3/mode/2up
Gogarty, O.S.J. (1937). As I was going down Sackville St. Retrieved from https://archive.org/search?query=As+I+was+Going+Down+Sackville+Street
Igoe, V. (2016). The real people of Joyce’s Ulysses: A biographical guide. University College Dublin Press.
Simpson, J. (2011). Cashel Boyle O’Connor Fitzmaurice Tisdall Farrell (Endymion): The Back-Story. Dublin James Joyce Journal 4, 87-106. doi:10.1353/djj.2011.0002.