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* '''[[Howth Castle]]:''' a castle in [[Howth]] | * '''[[Howth Castle]]:''' a castle in [[Howth]] | ||
| − | ** [http:// | + | ** [http://digicoll.library.wisc.edu/cgi-bin/JoyceColl/JoyceColl-idx?type=simple&rgn=Entire+work&size=First+100&work=JoyceColl.MinkGazetteer&q1=Howth+Castle&submit=Search A Finnegans Wake Gazetteer] |
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* '''environs:''' the outskirts of a city; neighbourhood | * '''environs:''' the outskirts of a city; neighbourhood | ||
* '''Howth Head''' (''Irish'' Ceann Binn Éadair) is a headland north of Dublin City in the Republic of Ireland, near the towns of Sutton, Baldoyle and Portmarnock. Howth itself lies on the northern side. Originally an island, it is connected to the mainland via a narrow strip of land, or tombolo. Howth Head forms the northerly bound of the great crescent of Dublin Bay, corresponding to Killiney Head in the south. The earliest mention of the peninsula was on a map attributed to Claudius Ptolemey, where it was called ''Edri Deserta'' or in Greek ''Edrou Heremos'' | * '''Howth Head''' (''Irish'' Ceann Binn Éadair) is a headland north of Dublin City in the Republic of Ireland, near the towns of Sutton, Baldoyle and Portmarnock. Howth itself lies on the northern side. Originally an island, it is connected to the mainland via a narrow strip of land, or tombolo. Howth Head forms the northerly bound of the great crescent of Dublin Bay, corresponding to Killiney Head in the south. The earliest mention of the peninsula was on a map attributed to Claudius Ptolemey, where it was called ''Edri Deserta'' or in Greek ''Edrou Heremos'' | ||
| + | ** [http://maps.google.com/maps/mm?ie=UTF8&hl=en&ll=53.395613,-6.076126&spn=0.090895,0.233459&t=h&z=12&msa=0&msid=104906204603482351224.00044dd3c29086b77cf0f Howth Head on Google Maps] | ||
[[category:HCE]] | [[category:HCE]] | ||
[[category:Geography of Dublin]] | [[category:Geography of Dublin]] | ||
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(The phrase occurs on page 3 of FW, which is of course actually the first page of the book -- if an ouroboros of a book can be said to have a first page.)
- HCE: a trigram that appears in countless phrases throughout FW, always embodying the book's male protagonist, if such he can be called
- environs: the outskirts of a city; neighbourhood
- Howth Head (Irish Ceann Binn Éadair) is a headland north of Dublin City in the Republic of Ireland, near the towns of Sutton, Baldoyle and Portmarnock. Howth itself lies on the northern side. Originally an island, it is connected to the mainland via a narrow strip of land, or tombolo. Howth Head forms the northerly bound of the great crescent of Dublin Bay, corresponding to Killiney Head in the south. The earliest mention of the peninsula was on a map attributed to Claudius Ptolemey, where it was called Edri Deserta or in Greek Edrou Heremos
