Homerigh, castle and earthenhouse

• Homerigh, castle and earthenhouse: HCE

• Vanhomrigh: Bartholomew Vanhomrigh, the father of Jonathan Swift’s Vanessa (Hester Vanhomrigh); Vanhomrigh was the Mayor of Dublin in 1697-98 → HCE

• home

• Homeric: epic; referring to the epic poet Homer

• rígh: (Irish) king

• castle: Howth Castle

• homeright: referring to the claims on the land by native Irish against invaders from Scandinavia and Britain