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* '''Clontarf:''' the scene of the Battle of Clontarf in 1014, in which Brian Ború defeated the Danes but lost his life; Clontarf means "Bull's Meadow" (Irish: ''Cluain Tairbh'') | * '''Clontarf:''' the scene of the Battle of Clontarf in 1014, in which Brian Ború defeated the Danes but lost his life; Clontarf means "Bull's Meadow" (Irish: ''Cluain Tairbh'') | ||
| − | ** [http://digicoll.library.wisc.edu/cgi-bin/JoyceColl/JoyceColl-idx?type=turn&entity= | + | ** [http://digicoll.library.wisc.edu/cgi-bin/JoyceColl/JoyceColl-idx?type=turn&entity=JoyceColl.MinkGazetteer.p0309&q1=Clontarf A Finnegans Wake Gazetteer] |
* '''bull’s-eye:''' the centre of a target | * '''bull’s-eye:''' the centre of a target | ||
Revision as of 14:52, 12 June 2008
- John Bull: a personification of England
- Clontarf: the scene of the Battle of Clontarf in 1014, in which Brian Ború defeated the Danes but lost his life; Clontarf means "Bull's Meadow" (Irish: Cluain Tairbh)
- bull’s-eye: the centre of a target
