On this side the scraggy isthmus of Europe Minor

• Joyce's letter to Harriet Shaw Weaver of 15 November 1926: "Isthmus of Sutton a neck of land between Howth head and the plain"

• Isthmus of Sutton: a narrow isthmus located about 12km from the centre of Dublin at the base of the Howth peninsula. It is a tombolo and connects Howth to the mainland.
  • A Finnegans Wake Gazetteer
  • Wikipedia
  • Google Maps

• isthmos (ισθμος): (Greek) neck; peninsula → scraggy

• eastmost: (adj) easternmost, farthest east