Detail. Area illustrated is indicated within red rectangle (right)
The first three chapters of Ulysses are situated in the area
covered in this print. Much of the first chapter occurs in the Martello
(Joyce’s ) Tower in Sandycove.The second chapter is set in Summercove
in Killiney, and in the third chapter Stephen Dedalus walks along Sandymount
strand (top left). References to the text of Ulysses, places,
ideas and historical events include Bloom and Gerty Mac Dowell on the
strand, the Star of the Sea Church, the fireworks, Poolbeg Lighthouse,
Poolbeg Power Station, the map of Sandycove, Bray, Killiney, Sorrento
Terrace, Dalkey, Leopardstown Racecourse, Dun Laoghaire Harbour (formerly
Kingstown), the trainline and DART route from Irishtown to Bray, the Royal
Dublin Society, University College Dublin, Donnybrook, the Mailboat, and
scenes from Edwardian Dublin.
