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| − | * '''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 | + | * '''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 Erēmos'' |
** [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Howth_Head Wikipedia] | ** [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Howth_Head Wikipedia] | ||
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* '''environs:''' the outskirts of a city; neighbourhood | * '''environs:''' the outskirts of a city; neighbourhood | ||
| − | * Oath | + | |
| + | * '''Oath:''' rhymes with ''Howth'' | ||
[[category:HCE]] | [[category:HCE]] | ||
[[category:Geography of Dublin]] | [[category:Geography of Dublin]] | ||
Revision as of 09:21, 16 April 2011
(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.)
- Joyce's letter to Harriet Shaw Weaver of 15 November 1926: "Howth (pron Hoaeth) = Dan Hoved (head); Howth = an island for old geographers"
- HCE: a trigram that appears in countless phrases throughout FW, always embodying the book's male protagonist, if such he can be called
- Howth Castle: a castle in Howth
- 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 Erēmos
- and: the new Danis Rose edition replaces 'and' with '&'
- environs: the outskirts of a city; neighbourhood
- Oath: rhymes with Howth
