West

• The West: In ancient Egyptian mythology the west was considered the realm of the dead. The sun sets in the west and in many countries the dead are buried facing west.

• to go west: to die

• well to the west: Howth is the easternmost point in Dublin, with Phoenix Park west of the city centre → Joyce's conception of Finn Mac Cool as a mythological sleeping giant, interred in the Dublin landscape, with his head beneath Howth (Da hoved: head) and his feet sticking up in Phoenix Park (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phoenix_Park)