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| − | * '''Mecklenburgh Street:''' a street on Dublin's northside, the centre of the city's redlight district in the late 19th and early 20th Centuries; formerly known as Great Martin's Lane, it was renamed Mecklenburgh Street | + | * '''Mecklenburgh Street:''' a street on Dublin's northside, the centre of the city's redlight district in the late 19th and early 20th Centuries; formerly known as Great Martin's Lane, in 1765 it was renamed Mecklenburgh Street; in 1887 the name of one section of the street was changed to Tyrone Street (a vain attempt to rid the street of its unsavoury reputation); finally Tyrone Street became Railway Street; Bella Cohen's brothel, in which much of ''Circe'' – ''[[Ulysses]]'', Chapter 15 – is set, was No. 82 Tyrone Street |
** [http://digicoll.library.wisc.edu/cgi-bin/JoyceColl/JoyceColl-idx?type=turn&entity=JoyceColl001300130451&q1=Mecklenburgh A Finnegans Wake Gazetteer] | ** [http://digicoll.library.wisc.edu/cgi-bin/JoyceColl/JoyceColl-idx?type=turn&entity=JoyceColl001300130451&q1=Mecklenburgh A Finnegans Wake Gazetteer] | ||
* '''Mecklenburg:''' a duchy in northern Germany | * '''Mecklenburg:''' a duchy in northern Germany | ||
** [http://digicoll.library.wisc.edu/cgi-bin/JoyceColl/JoyceColl-idx?type=turn&entity=JoyceColl001300130451&q1=Mecklenburgh A Finnegans Wake Gazetteer] | ** [http://digicoll.library.wisc.edu/cgi-bin/JoyceColl/JoyceColl-idx?type=turn&entity=JoyceColl001300130451&q1=Mecklenburgh A Finnegans Wake Gazetteer] | ||
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| + | * '''Mecklenburgh:''' a town in North Carolina; the first declaration of independence in the USA was made there on 20 May 1775 | ||
Revision as of 09:57, 4 July 2006
- Mecklenburgh Street: a street on Dublin's northside, the centre of the city's redlight district in the late 19th and early 20th Centuries; formerly known as Great Martin's Lane, in 1765 it was renamed Mecklenburgh Street; in 1887 the name of one section of the street was changed to Tyrone Street (a vain attempt to rid the street of its unsavoury reputation); finally Tyrone Street became Railway Street; Bella Cohen's brothel, in which much of Circe – Ulysses, Chapter 15 – is set, was No. 82 Tyrone Street
- Mecklenburg: a duchy in northern Germany
- Mecklenburgh: a town in North Carolina; the first declaration of independence in the USA was made there on 20 May 1775
