Tristopher and Hilary
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Jump to navigationJump to search- In tristitia hilaris, hilaritate tristis: (Latin) “Cheerful in the midst of sadness, sad in the midst of cheerfulness” (Giordano Bruno’s motto) → FW 092.06-11
- Tristan
- Christopher → Christopher St Lawrence was the name of the Earl of Howth in the story; he had fourteen children, but none of his four surviving sons was called Christopher; it is thought that the Christopher who was kidnapped in 1575 was his grandson, the second in line to the earldom (Nicholas being the child's father); if, however, as suggested in Francis Elrington Ball's A History of the County Dublin, the encounter with Grace O'Malley took place in 1594, the reigning earl would have been this Nicholas St Lawrence (8th Baron Howth, died 1607), and his son and successor was Christopher, but Christopher was about 26 in 1594 → see It was of a night for further information and external links
- Hillary
- Hill of Howth
- triste: (French) sad
- Hilary: a Christian name derived from Latin hilaris, meaning "cheerful"
- Tristopher and Hilary: Shem and Shaun, identified in this episode with Laurence Sterne and Jonathan Swift respectively
