Wanna grab a pint at the Brian Boroimhe? Or is it Boroihme? Boru?

Topics discussed in this episode include the days when cattle roamed the North Circular Road, the Royal Canal, the identity of Dublin’s own Charon, locks, how realistic it would be for Bloom to walk to Mullingar (it’s not), the Brian Boroimhe House, Tom Kernan’s debts to Mr. Fogarty, white silence, the popularity of Elizabeth Barrett Browning’s poem “Hiram Powers’ Greek Slave”, thunderous loins, M’Intosh foreshadowing, the Childs murder case, what the heck a “felly” is, the disappointment of a paltry funeral, simnel cakes, defeating Cerberus, Elpinor’s drunken misadventure, Ned Lambert, Joe Hynes, Corny Kelleher, hired mutes from Lalouette’s, and the lost art of keening.

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