Ep. 141 - The Fascination of a Name
“Simon Dedalus said when they put him in parliament that Parnell would come back from the grave and lead him out of the house of commons by the arm.”
John Howard Parnell
Topics in this episode include James Stephens and his organizational blunder, Michaelmas traditions, architecture and peristalsis, the legacy of Dr George Salmon and his big spooky house, reevaluating historical figures like Dr Salmon, John Howard Parnell and his many siblings, the difficulty of being a “brother’s brother,” the Irish connection to peach cultivation in the American South, Charles Stewart Parnell becomes a problematic fave, obtaining a cushy sinecure as Dublin city marshal, Charley Boulger, the Dublin Bread Company, John Howard Parnell’s anemic political career, Fanny Parnell, Emily Dickinson, Anna Parnell, historical misogyny, the Kennedys, David Sheehy M.P., the time Dermot met Conor Cruise O’Brien, the Chiltern hundreds, ghost Parnell, and eating oranges in the Phoenix Park to own the Orangemen.
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Further Reading:
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Anna Parnell
Adams, R. M. (1962). Surface and Symbol: The Consistency of James Joyce’s Ulysses. New York: Oxford University Press.
City Council honours Anna Parnell. (2021, Sep 20). Plaques of Dublin. Retrieved from https://plaquesofdublin.ie/city-council-honours-anna-parnell/
Ellmann, R. (1959). James Joyce. Oxford University Press.
Fair, J.D. (2023, Mar 27). John Howard Parnell. Encyclopedia of Alabama. Retrieved from https://encyclopediaofalabama.org/article/john-howard-parnell/
Finn, C. (2023, Apr 19). Clodagh Finn: Rename library after Trinity’s first female students. The Irish Examiner. Retrieved from https://www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/commentanalysis/arid-41127463.html
Geoghegan, P. (Feb 2011). Parnell, John Howard. The Dictionary of Irish Biography. Retrieved from https://www.dib.ie/biography/parnell-john-howard-a7203
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
Hughes, M. (1966). The Parnell Sisters. Dublin Historical Record, 21(1), 14–27. http://www.jstor.org/stable/30104287
Igoe, V. (2016). The real people of Joyce’s Ulysses: A biographical guide. University College Dublin Press.
O’Regan, D. (1999). Anna & Fanny Parnell. History Ireland, 7(1), 37–41. http://www.jstor.org/stable/27724639
Ward, M. (Oct 2009). Parnell, Fanny Isabel. The Dictionary of Irish Biography. Retrieved from https://www.dib.ie/biography/parnell-fanny-isabel-a7200
Ward, M. (Oct 2009). Parnell, Anna Mercer (Catherine Maria). The Dictionary of Irish Biography. Retrieved from https://www.dib.ie/biography/parnell-anna-mercer-catherine-maria-a7198
George Salmon image: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:George-Salmon-Trinity-2012.JPG
