Since devlinsfirst loved livvy
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- Joseph Devlin: Irish politician; founder of the Ancient Order of Hibernians
- ON Dyflin: Norse name for Dublin
- G Fürst: prince → HCE
- 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: tributary of the River Boyne
- devlinsfirst: may have been corrupted in transmission from Joyce's "devlins first"
- Devils
- Possible reference to Protestants (as in opposition to Catholics)?