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* Basque word for orange etymologised "the fruit which was first eaten" (McHugh) → the Forbidden Fruit in the Garden of Eden | * Basque word for orange etymologised "the fruit which was first eaten" (McHugh) → the Forbidden Fruit in the Garden of Eden | ||
| − | * [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Devlin | + | * '''Devlin:''' Joseph Devlin, Irish politician; founder of the Ancient Order of Hibernians |
| + | ** [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Devlin Wikipedia] | ||
| − | * ' | + | * '''Dyflin:''' (''Old Norse'') Norse name for Dublin |
| − | * ' | + | * '''Fürst:''' (''German'') prince → [[HCE]] |
| − | * | + | * '''Devlin:''' Anne Devlin, Irishwoman, Robert Emmet's housekeeper; she was drawn into the events of Emmet's rising of 1803 → Anna Liffey, a nickname of the River Liffey from the Irish ''Abhainn Life'' → [[ALP]] |
| + | ** [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anne_Devlin Wikipedia] | ||
| − | * Devlin River: tributary of the River Boyne | + | * '''Devlin River:''' a tributary of the River Boyne |
| − | ** [http://digicoll.library.wisc.edu/cgi-bin/JoyceColl/JoyceColl-idx?type=turn&entity=JoyceColl001300130330& | + | ** [http://digicoll.library.wisc.edu/cgi-bin/JoyceColl/JoyceColl-idx?type=turn&entity=JoyceColl001300130330 A Finnegans Wake Gazetteer] |
| + | ** [http://digicoll.library.wisc.edu/cgi-bin/JoyceColl/JoyceColl-idx?type=turn&entity=JoyceColl001300130330 A Finnegans Wake Gazetteer] | ||
| − | * | + | * '''Delvin River:''' a small river which forms part of the boundary between Dublin an Meath |
| + | ** [http://digicoll.library.wisc.edu/cgi-bin/JoyceColl/JoyceColl-idx?type=turn&entity=JoyceColl001300130327 A Finnegans Wake Gazetteer] | ||
| − | * | + | * '''devlinsfirst:''' may have been corrupted in transmission from Joyce's '''devlins first''' |
| − | * | + | |
| + | * '''Devils''' → possible reference to Protestants (as in opposition to Catholics)? | ||
| + | ** [http://digicoll.library.wisc.edu/cgi-bin/JoyceColl/JoyceColl-idx?type=turn&entity=JoyceColl001600160162&isize=M Third Census of Finnegans Wake] | ||
[[Category: History of Ireland]] | [[Category: History of Ireland]] | ||
[[Category: Rivers]] | [[Category: Rivers]] | ||
Revision as of 11:22, 20 October 2006
- Basque word for orange etymologised "the fruit which was first eaten" (McHugh) → the Forbidden Fruit in the Garden of Eden
- Devlin: Joseph Devlin, Irish politician; founder of the Ancient Order of Hibernians
- Dyflin: (Old Norse) Norse name for Dublin
- Fürst: (German) prince → HCE
- Devlin: Anne Devlin, Irishwoman, Robert Emmet's housekeeper; she was drawn into the events of Emmet's rising of 1803 → Anna Liffey, a nickname of the River Liffey from the Irish Abhainn Life → ALP
- Devlin River: a tributary of the River Boyne
- Delvin River: a small river which forms part of the boundary between Dublin an Meath
- devlinsfirst: may have been corrupted in transmission from Joyce's devlins first
- Devils → possible reference to Protestants (as in opposition to Catholics)?
