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* '''Ireland's Eye:''' a small island off the coast of Dublin; in 1852 it was the site of the alleged murder of Maria Louisa Kirwan; her husband William Burke Kirwan was convicted and sentenced to death (commuted to penal servitude for life) | * '''Ireland's Eye:''' a small island off the coast of Dublin; in 1852 it was the site of the alleged murder of Maria Louisa Kirwan; her husband William Burke Kirwan was convicted and sentenced to death (commuted to penal servitude for life) | ||
| − | ** [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.p0408&q1=Ireland's%20Eye A Finnegans Wake Gazetteer] |
** [http://www.chapters.eiretek.org/books/General/eyemurder.htm The Ireland's Eye Tragedy] | ** [http://www.chapters.eiretek.org/books/General/eyemurder.htm The Ireland's Eye Tragedy] | ||
* '''to ireglint's eye''' → to east (Ireland's Eye lying to the east of [[Foot_of_the_bill|Castleknock]]) | * '''to ireglint's eye''' → to east (Ireland's Eye lying to the east of [[Foot_of_the_bill|Castleknock]]) | ||
| − | * '''glint:''' 1) a momentary flash of light; 2) | + | * '''glint:''' 1) a momentary flash of light (often associated with a person's eye); 2) a faint or fleeting indication; a trace |
** [http://www.answers.com/glint Glint] | ** [http://www.answers.com/glint Glint] | ||
* '''ire:''' anger | * '''ire:''' anger | ||
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| + | * '''bill to ireglint's:''' = beligerent (drunk) | ||
| + | [[Category: Geography of Dublin]] | ||
Latest revision as of 09:58, 28 June 2012
- Ireland's Eye: a small island off the coast of Dublin; in 1852 it was the site of the alleged murder of Maria Louisa Kirwan; her husband William Burke Kirwan was convicted and sentenced to death (commuted to penal servitude for life)
- to ireglint's eye → to east (Ireland's Eye lying to the east of Castleknock)
- glint: 1) a momentary flash of light (often associated with a person's eye); 2) a faint or fleeting indication; a trace
- ire: anger
- bill to ireglint's: = beligerent (drunk)
