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"and proceeded past Kingsbridge along the northern quays." (U10.1181) |
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"The viceroy was most cordially greeted on his way through the metropolis." (U10.1182) |
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"In the porch of Four Courts Richie Goulding with the costsbag of Goulding, Collis and Ward saw him with surprise." (U10.1190) |
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"Past Richmond bridge at the doorstep of the office of Reuben J. Dodd, solicitor, agent for the Patriotic Insurance Company," (U10.1192) |
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"an elderly female about to enter changed her plan and retracing her steps by King's windows smiled credulously on the representative of His Majesty. From its sluice in Wood quay wall under Tom Devan's office Poddle river hung out in fealty a tongue of liquid sewage." (U10.1193) |
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"Above the crossblind of the Ormond Hotel, gold by bronze, Miss Kennedy's head by Miss Douce's head watched and admired. On Ormond quay Mr Simon Dedalus, steering his way from the greenhouse for the subsheriff's office, stood still in midstreet and brought his hat low. His Excellency graciously returned Mr Dedalus' greeting." (U11.1197) |
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"On Grattan bridge Lenehan and M'Coy, taking leave of each other, watched the carriages go by." (U10.1204) |
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"Passing by Roger Greene's office and Dollard's big red printinghouse" (U10.1205) |
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"Gerty MacDowell, carrying the Catesby's cork lino letters for her father who was laid up, knew by the style it was the lord and lady lieutenant but she couldn't see what Her Excellency had on because the tram and Spring's big yellow furniture van had to stop in front of her on account of its being the lord lieutenant." (U10.1206) |
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"The Right Honourable William Humble, earl of Dudley, G.C.V.O., passed Micky Anderson's all times ticking watches and Henry and James's wax smartsuited freshcheeked models, the gentleman Henry, dernier cri James." (U10.1213) |
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"Tom Rochford, seeing the eyes of lady Dudley on him, took his thumbs quickly out of the pockets of his claret waistcoat and doffed his cap to her." (U10.1218)
[Image courtesy of the V&A Lafayette Web Site] |
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"A charming soubrette, great Marie Kendall, with dauby cheeks and lifted skirt, smiled daubily from her poster upon William Humble, earl of Dudley, and upon lieutenantcolonel H.G. Hesseltine and also upon the honourable Gerald Ward A.D.C." (U10.1220)
Another charming soubrette, from a U.S. cigarette trophy card. A soubrette is variously defined as * a minor female role as a pert lady's maid in a comedy * more generally, an actress who plays the young and saucy roles * a category of soprano voice or role characterized by a flirtatious or streetwise manner. |
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"From the window of the D.B.C. Buck Mulligan gaily, and Haines gravely, gazed down on the viceregal equipage over the shoulders of eager guests, whose mass of forms darkened the chessboard whereon John Howard Parnell looked intently." (U10.1223) |
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"Where the foreleg of King Billy's horse pawed the air Mrs Breen plucked her hastening husband back from under the hoofs of the outriders." (U10.1231)
William III of England (1650-1702), whose statue on a horse stands in College Green, is known in Ireland, mainly among Unionists, as King Billy. A Dutch aristocrat and a Protestant Prince of Orange, he won the English, Scottish and Irish Crowns after defeating his uncle and father-in-law, the Catholic king James II. In Ireland, the decisive battles between the Williamites and the Jacobites were the battle of the Boyne (1690) and the Battle of Aughrim in Co. Galway (1691). The latter battle was the bloodiest ever fought on Irish soil (over 7,000 people were killed) and practically ended Jacobitism in Ireland. |
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This is a closer view of King Billy's statue, with the foreleg of his horse pawing the air. It was commissioned by the Dublin Corporation in 1700, and was the work of Dutch sculptor Grinling Gibbons. The king is in Roman armour and crowned with a laurel wreath. The pedestal is formed into pannels, and decorated with military emblems. On the pedestal is inscribed: 'Gulielmo Tertio, Magnae Brittanniae, Franciae, Et Hiberniae Regi, Ob Religionem Conservatum, Restitutas Leges, Libertatam Assestam, Cives Dubliniensis Hanc Statuam Possuere.' The monument was unveiled, amidst great pomp and ceremony, on the 11th anniversary of the Battle of the Boyne (July 1st 1701), inaugurating the period of Protestant ascendancy known as the Penal Laws. It was to serve as a shrine to the cult of King William throughout the 18c. Besides the anniversay in July, there was a yearly celebration on the King's birthday (November 4th), in which the Mayor and Sheriffs of the City of Dublin participated; the Lord Lieutenant would lead a parade of nobility and military from Dublin Castle to College Green to salute King Billy; Williamite associations such as the Boyne Society (and later the Orange) marched through Dublin streets, sporting colours, banners and arms; the evening saw bonfires, illuminations and elaborate fireworks. |