Difference between revisions of "Bailywick"
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* '''Bailey Lighthouse:''' a lighthouse on Howth Head, a few miles east of Dublin city | * '''Bailey Lighthouse:''' a lighthouse on Howth Head, a few miles east of Dublin city | ||
| − | ** [http://digicoll.library.wisc.edu/cgi-bin/JoyceColl/JoyceColl-idx?type=turn&entity= | + | ** [http://digicoll.library.wisc.edu/cgi-bin/JoyceColl/JoyceColl-idx?type=turn&entity=JoyceColl.MinkGazetteer.p0261&q1=Bailey A Finnegans Wake Gazetteer] |
* '''to Bailywick''' → to east | * '''to Bailywick''' → to east | ||
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* '''bally:''' a euphemism for ''bloody'' | * '''bally:''' a euphemism for ''bloody'' | ||
| − | * '''Baile Wicklow''': "Baile" is Irish for " | + | * '''Baile Wicklow''': "Baile" is Irish for "town"; Wicklow is a town in Ireland to the southeast of Dublin (though the Irish name of Wicklow is Cill Mhantáin) |
Revision as of 13:58, 12 June 2008
- bailiwick: the area of jurisdiction of a bailiff; the term literally means "bailiff's village"
- Bailey Lighthouse: a lighthouse on Howth Head, a few miles east of Dublin city
- to Bailywick → to east
- bally: a euphemism for bloody
- Baile Wicklow: "Baile" is Irish for "town"; Wicklow is a town in Ireland to the southeast of Dublin (though the Irish name of Wicklow is Cill Mhantáin)
