Blooms & Barnacles

Blooms & Barnacles catches up with P.J. Murphy and Jack Walsh of Sweny's Pharmacy in Dublin, the location where Leopold Bloom bought his lemon soap in Ulysses. In addition to P.J. and Jack, we had the chance to talk to many friend's of Sweny's from all over the world! Topics include the future of Sweny's Pharmacy, why you should visit Sweny's on Christmas, the repatriation of Joyce's remains to Ireland, the purchase of "The Dead" house, a reading from  Ulysses in Turkish, the international appeal of Ulysses, the connection of certain Native American tribes to Ireland, songs, poetry, and the proper way to put jam on a scone.

Many thanks to P.J. Murphy, Jack Walsh, Eoin Ahern, Duncan Sheppard, Fulvio Rogantin, Joe Darcy, Jordan Lukey, Berk Tosun,  and Thomas Cary.

Sweny's on the Internet:

Website | Facebook | Twitter

Sweny's Patreon helps keep this marvelous Dublin landmark afloat. Please subscribe!

Looking for a top-notch tour guide in Dublin?

Joe Darcy

Fulvio Rogantin, Dubliniamo (in Italian)

Jack Walsh

Blooms & Barnacles Social Media:

Facebook|Twitter

Subscribe to Blooms & Barnacles:

iTunes| Google Play Music| Stitcher

Music

Noir - S Strong & Boogie Belgique

In this installment of Blooms & Barnacles, Kelly and Dermot engage in some good, old-fashioned navel gazing. Discussion topics include working class life in Edwardian Dublin, the poetry of Algernon Swinburne the perils of childbirth during the same period, whether Adam and Eve had bellybuttons, and why Kelly thinks people in antiquity had predominantly outie bellybuttons. They also get to the bottom of what exactly the heck an omphalos is and why everyone keeps talking about them. 

Sweny's Patreon helps keep this marvelous Dublin landmark afloat. Please subscribe!

On the blog:

Decoding Dedalus: Omphalos

Social Media:

Facebook|Twitter

Subscribe to Blooms and Barnacles:

iTunes| Google Play Music| Stitcher

Media Mentioned in this Episode:

Algernon Swinburne, "The Triumph of Time" 

Hermann Hesse, Siddhartha

On James Plunkett's Strumpet City

Further Reading:

Barry, D. (2017, Oct. 28). The lost children of Tuam. The New York Times. Retrieved from https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/10/28/world/europe/tuam-ireland-babies-children.html

Burgess, A. (1968). ReJoyce. New York: W.W. Norton & Co.

Gifford, D., & Seidman, R. J. (1988). Ulysses annotated: Notes for James Joyce's Ulysses. Berkeley: University of California Press.

Gilbert, S. (1955). James Joyce’s Ulysses: a study. New York: Vintage Books.

Lang, F. (1993). Ulysses and the Irish God. London and Toronto: Associated University Presses. Retrieved from https://tinyurl.com/y3k5kxnq

O’Loughlin, E. (2018, Jun 6). These women survived Ireland’s Magdalene Laundries. They’re ready to talk. The New York Times. Retrieved from https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/06/world/europe/magdalene-laundry-reunion-ireland.html

Switek, B. (2009, Nov 10), P.H. Gosse’s failure to untie the geological knot. Wired. Retrieved from https://www.wired.com/2009/11/p-h-gosses-failure-to-untie-the-geological-knot/

Music

Noir - S Strong & Boogie Belgique

Ineluctable modality of the animated! Get to know your favorite Irish host of Blooms and Barnacles - Dermot O Connor. Kelly and Dermot talk about his work as the illustrator of the Blooms and Barnacles blog, how to illustrate a blog about Ulysses when you've never read Ulysses, artistic influences and inspirations, working for Don Bluth and Disney, what every American should know about Ireland and what every Irish person should know about America. Find Dermot's art and animation at www.angryanimator.com

Sweny's Patreon is almost to its goal, but they can still use your help. Please subscribe!

Social Media:

Facebook|Twitter

Subscribe to Blooms and Barnacles:

iTunes| Google Play Music| Stitcher

Our theme is:

Noir - S Strong & Boogie Belgique

Real talk: why are there no seagulls on Sandymount Strand on Bloomsday? Have we stumbled onto a historical seagull-based conspiracy? Stay tuned to find out! Additionally, we'll also continue discussing how Stephen's walk on the beach is influenced by Berkeleyan idealism, Stephen's perception of space and time, how blind people perceive the world and the Demiurge.

Sweny's Patreon helps keep this marvelous Dublin landmark afloat. Please subscribe!

On the blog:

Decoding Dedalus: Ineluctable Modalities

Social Media:

Facebook|Twitter

Subscribe to Blooms and Barnacles:

iTunes| Google Play Music| Stitcher

Media Mentioned in this Episode:

Daniel Kish was featured on This American Life, not Radiolab. Still worth a listen once you've finished our podcast. - https://www.thisamericanlife.org/544/batman/act-one

The Book of Los by William Blake is available online. My bad! There is only one physical copy, though, and it's owned by the British Museum - https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Book_of_Los

Download a copy Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions for free. - http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/201

Modernist Maundering's take on "Protean Prosody" - http://modernistmaundering.blogspot.com/2015/03/protean-prosody.html

Further Reading:

Anghinetti, P. (1982). Berkeley's Influence on Joyce. James Joyce Quarterly,19(3), 315-329. Retrieved from http://www.jstor.org/stable/25476446

Atura, A. & Dionne, L. Proteus - Modernism Lab. Retrieved from https://modernism.coursepress.yale.edu/proteus/

Booth, C. (2015, Mar 20). Protean Prosody. Modernist Maundering. Retrieved from http://modernistmaundering.blogspot.com/2015/03/protean-prosody.html

Burgess, A. (1968). ReJoyce. New York: W.W. Norton & Co.

D’Arcy, A.M. (2014). Dindsenchas, Mr Deasy and the Nightmare of Partition in Ulysses. Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy, 114C, 1-31. Retrieved from http://www.academia.edu/3524058/Dindsenchas_Mr_Deasy_and_the_Nightmare_of_Partition_in_Ulysses_Proceedings_of_the_Royal_Irish_Academy_114C_2014_1-31

Gifford, D., & Seidman, R. J. (1988). Ulysses annotated: Notes for James Joyce's Ulysses. Berkeley: University of California Press.

Gilbert, S. (1955). James Joyce’s Ulysses: a study. New York: Vintage Books.

Tarnas, R. (1991). The passion of the Western mind: understanding the ideas that have shaped our world. New York: Ballantine.

Music

Noir - S Strong & Boogie Belgique

Ineluctable modality of the podcast! A discussion of the first paragraph of "Proteus," in which Kelly and Dermot try to make sense of Stephen's untethered inner monologue. We discuss Aristotle's theory of vision, Bishop George's Berkeley's mistrust of sense perception, an interpretation of a famous meme, who Jakob Boehme was and what he meant by "signature of all things." This episode will leave you with a pleasing sense of superiority over your friends.

Sweny's Patreon helps keep this marvelous Dublin landmark afloat. Please subscribe!

On the blog:

Decoding Dedalus: Ineluctable Modalities

Social Media:

Facebook|Twitter

Subscribe to Blooms and Barnacles:

iTunes| Google Play Music| Stitcher

Further Reading:

Anghinetti, P. (1982). Berkeley's Influence on Joyce. James Joyce Quarterly,19(3), 315-329. Retrieved from http://www.jstor.org/stable/25476446

Atura, A. & Dionne, L. Proteus - Modernism Lab. Retrieved from https://modernism.coursepress.yale.edu/proteus/

Burgess, A. (1968). ReJoyce. New York: W.W. Norton & Co.

Flood, A. (2013, Apr 11). Irish bank points to other side of misquoted James Joyce coin. The Guardian. Retrieved from https://www.theguardian.com/books/2013/apr/11/irish-bank-james-joyce-coin .

Gifford, D., & Seidman, R. J. (1988). Ulysses annotated: Notes for James Joyce's Ulysses. Berkeley: University of California Press.

Gilbert, S. (1955). James Joyce’s Ulysses: a study. New York: Vintage Books.

Kalederon, M.E. (2011). Aristotle on Transparency. Retrieved from https://www.academia.edu/30310339/Aristotle_on_Transparency

Livorni, E. (1999). "Ineluctable Modality of the Visible": Diaphane in the "Proteus" Episode. James Joyce Quarterly,36(2), 127-169. Retrieved from https://www.academia.edu/330177/_Ineluctable_Modality_of_the_Visible_Diaphane_In_the_Proteus_Episode

Tarnas, R. (1991). The passion of the Western mind: understanding the ideas that have shaped our world. New York: Ballantine.

Music

Noir - S Strong & Boogie Belgique

The time has come for Blooms & Barnacles to tackle Ulysses' third episode - "Proteus"! This is Ulysses' first "difficult" episode - jam-packed with multiple languages and obscure references. This week's podcast gives an overview of many of the themes found in "Proteus," including its connection to The Odyssey, the influence of esoteric doctrines on the text and Joyce's love of writing in multiple languages. With guest star, Emma the cat. 

Sweny's Patreon helps keep this marvelous Dublin landmark afloat. Please subscribe!

On the blog:

Ulysses & The Odyssey: Proteus

Social Media:

Facebook|Twitter

Subscribe to Blooms and Barnacles:

iTunes| Google Play Music| Stitcher

Further Reading & Listening:

Atura, A. & Dionne, L. Proteus - Modernism Lab. Retrieved from https://modernism.coursepress.yale.edu/proteus/

Burgess, A. (1968). ReJoyce. New York: W.W. Norton & Co.

Gifford, D., & Seidman, R. J. (1988). Ulysses annotated: Notes for James Joyce's Ulysses. Berkeley: University of California Press.

Gilbert, S. (1955). James Joyce’s Ulysses: a study. New York: Vintage Books.

Homer, translated by Palmer., G.H. (1912). The Odyssey. Mineola, New York: Dover Publications.

Music

Noir - S Strong & Boogie Belgique

Blooms and Barnacles' series on Mr. Deasy and "Nestor" comes to a close with a discussion of the old headmaster's biased views of women's negative impact on history. The relative culpability of four woman accused of causing history's great evils is explored, along with what exactly Stephen means when he refers to God as a "shout in the street."

Please consider contributing my friend Nik's Go Fund Me to help cover his expenses for a serious head injury. Any contribution large or small is appreciated.

Sweny's Patreon helps keep this marvelous Dublin landmark afloat. Please subscribe!

On the blog:

The Women of Ulysses: Mr. Deasy's Perfidious Women

Social Media:

Facebook|Twitter

Subscribe to Blooms and Barnacles:

iTunes| Google Play Music| Stitcher

Further Reading & Listening:

Dwyer, F. (2014, May 29). (1156-1166) The Norman Invasion Part I. The Irish History Podcast [Audio podcast].

Gifford, D., & Seidman, R. J. (1988). Ulysses annotated: Notes for James Joyce's Ulysses. Berkeley: University of California Press.

Haywood, J. (2016, September 5). Was Helen really to blame for the Trojan War - or just a scapegoat? The Conversation. Retrieved from http://theconversation.com/was-helen-really-to-blame-for-the-trojan-war-or-just-a-scapegoat-64456

Wilson, A. N. (2004).  The Victorians. New York: W. W. Norton and Co.

Music

Noir - S Strong & Boogie Belgique

Kelly and Dermot deconstruct the nightmare of history shared by the Irish and the Jews alike. We further explore the intricacies of Mr. Deasy's bigotry and what it tells us about what life was like in 1900's Dublin. Other topics covered include one possible source of Joyce's hatred of Gogarty, the correlation of antisemitism and nationalism and the legend of the Wandering Jew and its influence on Ulysses.

Sweny's Patreon helps keep this marvelous Dublin landmark afloat. Please subscribe!

On the blog:

Never Let Them In

Social Media:

Facebook|Twitter

Subscribe to Blooms and Barnacles:

iTunes| Google Play Music| Stitcher

Further Reading:

Breathnach, R. (2014, Jun 28). Shalom agus sláinte. News Talk. Retrieved from https://www.newstalk.com/Shalom-agus-slinte

Burgess, A. (1968). ReJoyce. New York: W.W. Norton & Co.

Callanan, F. (1998, May 16). ‘We never let them in.’ The Irish Times. Retrieved from https://www.irishtimes.com/news/we-never-let-them-in-1.153649

D’Arcy, A.M. (2014). Dindsenchas, Mr Deasy and the Nightmare of Partition in Ulysses. Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy, 114C, 1-31. Retrieved from http://www.academia.edu/3524058/Dindsenchas_Mr_Deasy_and_the_Nightmare_of_Partition_in_Ulysses_Proceedings_of_the_Royal_Irish_Academy_114C_2014_1-31

Davis, B. (2017, Jan 14). Jewish life by the Liffey: a look at the Jewish community in Ireland. The Jerusalem Post. Retrieved from https://www.jpost.com/Magazine/Jewish-life-by-the-Liffey-474803

Gifford, D., & Seidman, R. J. (1988). Ulysses annotated: Notes for James Joyce's Ulysses. Berkeley: University of California Press.

Goldberg, G. (1982). "Ireland Is the Only Country...": Joyce and the Jewish Dimension. The Crane Bag, 6(1), 5-12. Retrieved from http://www.jstor.org/stable/30059524

Wandering Jew. (n.d.). In Encyclopædia Britannica online. Retrieved from https://www.britannica.com/topic/wandering-Jew

Music

Noir - S Strong & Boogie Belgique

Per vias rectas! Mr. Deasy's origins - revealed! Kelly and Dermot dive into Joyce's real life acquaintances and experiences that inspired the gruff headmaster Mr. Deasy in Ulysses' second episode, "Nestor." Topics covered include why Mr. Deasy is so concerned about foot and mouth disease, the relative rebelliousness of voting in favor of the Union and why Mr. Deasy seems to be unaware of his own history, even though he's so proud of it. 

Sweny's Patreon helps keep this marvelous Dublin landmark afloat. Please subscribe!

William Ulsterman 

On the blog:

Who was the Real Mr. Deasy?

Social Media:

Facebook|Twitter

Subscribe to Blooms and Barnacles:

iTunes| Google Play Music| Stitcher

Further Reading:

D’Arcy, A.M. (2014). Dindsenchas, Mr Deasy and the Nightmare of Partition in Ulysses. Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy, 114C, 1-31. Retrieved from https://tinyurl.com/y23sndpr

Ellmann, R. (1959). James Joyce. New York: Oxford University Press.

Gifford, D., & Seidman, R. J. (1988). Ulysses annotated: Notes for James Joyce's Ulysses. Berkeley: University of California Press.

Gogarty, O. (1948). Mourning became Mrs. Spendlove and other portraits grave and gay. New York: Creative Age Press.

Killeen, T. (2001, April 14). Foot-and-mouth-and-Joyce. The Irish Times. Retrieved from https://www.irishtimes.com/news/foot-and-mouth-and-joyce-1.301729

Nicholson, R. (2015). The Ulysses guide: tours through Joyce’s Dublin. Dublin: New Island Books.

Norburn, R. (2004). A James Joyce chronology. New York: Palgrave Macmillan. Retrieved from https://tinyurl.com/y55v6e3p

Historic photo of Dalkey from the National Library of Ireland archives. Retrieved from https://tinyurl.com/y3zklsgf

James Joyce Online notes on Francis Irwin and Mr. Deasy: http://www.jjon.org/jioyce-s-people/irwin 

Music

Noir - S Strong & Boogie Belgique

The Rocky Road to Dublin - The Dubliners

This week, Kelly and Dermot explain the nightmarish history tucked into Stephen's terse rebuttal of Mr. Deasy's weak grasp of Irish history. The passage covered can be found on p. 31 of Kelly's edition of Ulysses (1990 Vintage International). Topics covered include the history of the Orange Order, the Battle of the Diamond, the Planters' Covenant, the power of copyright law over sectarianism, and how all these issues still affect us today.

The Derry Girls clip we mentioned: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0j0OF-TlyAY

The Orange Toast

The Grand Orange Lodge's take on the Battle of the Diamond

[Croppies Lie Down]4

Sweny's Patreon helps keep this marvelous Dublin landmark afloat. Please subscribe!

On the blog:

Decoding Dedalus: Glorious, Pious and Immortal Memory

Social Media:

Facebook|Twitter

Subscribe to Blooms and Barnacles:

iTunes| Google Play Music| Stitcher

Further Reading:

A concise history of the Orange Order. (2014, Jul. 5). The Irish Times. Retrieved from https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/heritage/a-concise-history-of-the-orange-order-1.1855664

Orange Order superhero Dan in copyright row. (2008, Jul. 19). The Belfast Telegraph. Retrieved from https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/orange-order-superhero-dan-in-copyright-row-28442079.html

Who are the Orangmen? (2012, Jul. 11). The BBC. Retrieved from https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-northern-ireland-18769781

Gifford, D., & Seidman, R. J. (1988). Ulysses annotated: Notes for James Joyce's Ulysses. Berkeley: University of California Press.

Joyce, P.W. (1910). A concise history of Ireland. Retrieved from https://www.libraryireland.com/JoyceHistory/Ulster.php

Tohall, P. (1958). The Diamond Fight of 1795 and the Resultant Expulsions. Seanchas Ardmhacha: Journal of the Armagh Diocesan Historical Society,3(1), 17-50. doi:10.2307/29740669. Retrieved from https://www.jstor.org/stable/29740669?read-now=1&refreqid=excelsior%3Ac5c157762ce76d62baf004cf0172d7f9&seq=1#page_scan_tab_contents

Orange Order banner: http://100objects.qahn.org/content/victoria-loyal-orange-lodge-no-69-banner-1860s