indution
of 'Adam' and ''''inn' in hil name.
McHugh-Roland-1976-The-Sigla-of-Finnegans-Wake
with hi.
opposi1ion to S.
But S in 111.
4 is prindp_ ally the <>burv.
.
of m and '" just as in 11.
4 )( (incorponting m) are tht obscrv.
.
.
.
of L.
and -I.
A hierarchy of,enerations ilthc<eby impli~ir: .
he oldes.
memhtrs are .
and K, then m and "" and fin- aUy L.
and-I.
The"",Iemember.
.
.
efurth.
.
diflh<:n'''ted bysome DatioDll colourinasupcrimpo$Cd on dwi.
lrilhncu.
S hu a San.
dinaviln bad&row>d, m an En&lilh btd::aroun<I and .
c a fo=d> ~
The Marnolh My. rery
I. i. evidwl that A ",sents beinK observed and Ih'" die produce. her manif"100f I. ~ ? to cnlSb the Ilande. '. head'. Thi. an! i~rpcn?
" A. B. W. i. . . r. . . HolyK~. ,'76- " /~. . '16-1.
? tine motive aho underlie. her endowments of 1. 8: 'she's be level wilh all the . nag. of them yet' (206. 05). But the r<<ipierm include all manner ofTnlllt and female 6gu=, TnlIny of them much closer In ~ than 10 So PerhaI>' ? is less conscious of the distinction of L from S than, "'y, x. Both. ", enemies of her husband. T o app,. . ,_ date . ', viewpoint We mu" study the La" version "r her letter (6'5. ,z. . . 6'9"9). In thi, she menrions the soak. , ":"eral . imes, "$Iodating them wi. h a certain Magrath, whose idenrity has gravely troubled FWexplic. . lor. :
Sneakers ;n thegrass, keep ofl l . . . the me craws, namely, and their bacQn what harmed burter ! It'l TnlItgorsccrt oiL l1>inthin . hinthin . . . What tho. . : slime. up the COvern door around you, keenin, (the lies is coming out on Ihem f,. . ,. ,)de- fully) had the . hames to suggest can we ever? Never! . . . Wriggling ",pules, takenotice! WhttCII. we eXgull all such sprinkling snig? . . . , If all the Ma. c. . . wls would only handle virgil, like Ann. worh, Limited! (615. 28-6,8. 02)
Master McGrath, the champion Irish gr<:yhound, although he i. men. ioned in VI. B. 4). 76 and iutl ? long in hil honour qUOted at494. 26,caniutrdly be the foremostorunponClu in this cha. . . crer. The pe=ptivc rc:o. derwill pcrhapo ' uspec! that m, who at 367. 02 grew back inoo hi. glOCCly business, has a competitor in Magrath.
A, although . he taunted m with i\ilagrath'l name at 584-05-10, is anxious 00 vindicate the quality ofhtt husband's merchandise: 'Be sage about . . . \WIges! Scuttutistics shoW'S with he', hcacups of teatabl<< the oldfirm'. f. tspiuers are mO$t catcnly appreciated by mctropolonianl' (616. 22-4). SIu: mentions the price of ""con: 'back and st,. . ,. ,ky ni~paCe' (618. 01). It finally trampires thaI the oria:inal bag of c:al<a feacu",d in moat of her earlier loti. . . . was PrQvided by m, and that it is to be equaled with the crmsword pIlUle of FW itself. It is, in other words, a further embodiment of c:
While fur whOever lika tha. uTOgynal pan of cakes one apiece it " thanks, beloved, to Adam, our fonnor 6"'1 Finn-
jaIler and our groceresl churcl>er, a. per Grippithl' varua_ noO$, for hil beautiful cronmtU panel. (6'9. W-5)
Tho OVerriding allWlion here i, to Adam Seo. oon Findlater (1855-'9' I), managing director ofthe Dublin film of Alex Find- laler and Company, gone",l groc<:rl! , wine and 'p ir;t """",hant! ,
The Magrath MYSltty 127
? [18 TheSigt. ofPi_a. . . WaN
19"")[ Upper Sact;;yill~ SUNL Hc manogcd various olhcr """'- <<mI,indudin& <heS. Lo. wrcncc Hotc:lon HowIh. -n. crcfermcc to Griffith'. Valua,;"" may oonn<<1 ",ioh biI involvcmen. in 1901 . . . i,h nIOVCI . o rn>iM: this an ;n applio;:orion to Duhlin and Bd f. " . . . IncaUin, him a 'clIurcher' however, Joy<< is confbli", him with hi. . . . . nd-unc! e Alu hndlaler, Ihe firm'. founder, who buill . . . . Ahbey Ptesh)"terian Church on Ihe comeT of (now) Parnell Squarc. The conftation odherc. to most of ohe Findlaler oUwionl ;n FW, cx(cpting 'Findllter ond Ot. . <hlonc',' (I7o. p) which may
spcciliaoUy ronnote l'indlJ. tc,'. Mountjoy Brewery, foundtd by Alex Findiller, hi, hrothe. (. nother Adam Seaton), tw<) other per-
""'", and Robert Gladstone, I reLalh"e of the poIi';ci:an. "
Adam F indlalcr, <hen, i$ln ulmp~ of a popular and l ua:cuful fillure in Edwardian Duhlin. II ;1 in <his light tho. he il U<<d in
UIyws. " He is abo qualifi<<l 10 rt"P1"QftI. m by . . . .
indution of 'Adam' and ''''inn' in hil name. He didDI>I, ~vcr, npcrimce tbe appropriale fall, 10 Joyce_wean to have invcntc:d one for him. If we note Mljrath'. appellalions 'Dan! Magralh' . t 060. 16 I nd 'Don Ma. . . . w' at 4')4. z6 we may be inl=ltd 10 du. covcr thai one Daniel McO. . . . th, grocer and winc merchant, kept I public ~ II 4- S Ouorlotlc Su"~1 (jwt across the road from 'The Blcedins Hone') from 1819 to 19[8. Inquitica in Dublin flil to
elki. any evidma: ofconnectioN bctwecflrum and Fiodlltc? . The 19" ~ . . . ret\1ml . . . tC thai he _ aged forty-snCl\ ~ yolln&t". lhan Firu:! btcr), ,. . . , hil wife'. nam ? . . . . . AruK, which is abo c:onmlry to the . equiT'<<i Plltenl, and th:Io. be and hil f. milJ w c r e C a t h o l i < 1 W e . r e n o w ; r I t N l c o u n t r y dill<<>"'l~d b y R o b e r ! Adami, Iyina between fllCl and fiction. Our beal courac ;110 relum 10 the ! lclion.
? i l ' poUccrnan. So, It '4S. 2Z,;' Magnolh. <<8. 1 0 demand. 'Wh~re'. Cowtcnds Kltcdean, the woman with the muckrake": could thi. be II; plus S "' Mloljl:nth ('mucl:rake')I RememberinQ
Mn O. . . . heen'. obacrvarion WI . i. sometimca calk<! 'Mahan' (. 1. 1 016. 01), we mUSl include In instruction ! pvcn by jOf<'C for $19. 16: 'for 'Magrath or MacMINgh' read 'O'Bcjonuntcn or Moo;km. IcrnaboII5on. . ' I I Bw: lM mos. important linkalles Involve Mn Maanooh,w,,"-drawers,initialled L. K. ? al'Cbrin&wuhc:d
II ~
"s. . tilt 1Jo! f. . . N. . . J. '. . . . . . . ) 1_ ''''''
. )O-20'P3_ L. K. , ,~ 1II. . . . . ,i. . . explains, Olinda not for
. , M< Williom Ale . . . . f"mdIolU b iDf. . . . . . . . . . _ ? ? ? ? ? " . . .
"1 om . . .
Il>o h~. . . . . , olm. F_,. . . r. mlIy.
"(Bo4Ioy Head <<I;rion, '960), 69- "! j,. . . ,"J_J_ Ill. <<I. RIobatdau. . w. . . . '41.
<cf~1
? ? ? ? ? Laura K<'Own bUI for 'Kinsdla'$ Lilith', Having iust ,pokm of Magnoth in her finallc\ttr, 6 pr<Xet<b 'The cad with the pope'. wife, L ily Kinsella, who became the wife of Mr Sn~ ke", for her good name in the hands of the ki. . ing solicitor, will now enga~e in anention,' (618,03-6),
It i. unclear whether thi, means that Lily was rnanied to the ead with the pipe of 1. 2 prioT to marrying Magrath, or whether the,,"d and Magrath are the same penon, When m confrontl the cad he speak. ! of'yore triplehydrad . . . . . ke' (0)6. 07), Docs this tn<an that the cad i, tht snake f Hi, wife is identified neither with K nor with L ily, but cornet cloaer to A, for , he rnak", 'ann;'; lawrie pT<lm- i. ,. ,,' (038,21), But she hetray. her confidence to C ('Mr Browne ", who ", in hi? ? econdary personality a, a Nolan', 038,26-8)
which il apt if her husband i, Cs e""my II,
In additinn to ! o. {agnoth, 6 mal<", complain~ against Sully, wl>o
truly, I think, be definitively nCTibed to L Having made Sully the author of Th. Ballad of Ptr. . . O'Reilly, A, at 495,03, claim'
that he 'is Magrath" thug: At 618,08 . he mention, him again, immMialCly after Magrath: 'The thick. off Bully'. Acre was got upbySully: Andlowcronthepage:'to. 1Iwhomitmayconcern SuUy i? ? thug,' Bully'. Acrt is the olok1t Dublin cemetery, in the ground. of the Royal H ospitil at Kilmainharn.
In the hope of clarifying the discrepancies I intend to devote
""me space tothe formal argument of 572,2t- 573,32, Thi. passage has sometimes been regarde<l. o. a key to FW, It appears tocreat
d in i$Olation and i
I
~! ;~:~:. i. ;~tojustify than the fi"'L Mrs Giashttn oees 'Lily' in 'Gillia': perhaps the nantes connect via Italian g~h'o, lily. If Gil1ia is 'schismatical' pcrhaps htt affini? tie. are with 1-, W e find -II- as the rose and lil y at 032,11, 485, t 2 and eloewhere, The Kabbalists use the two fIowe", from the SO"" of SoImmm, for the opposed Sephirothic pillaR of Judgem~nt and M ercy respectively," Thi' W<luld connect -I with A and I- with
The Magnoth Mystery 129
?
"'
?
The Marnolh My. rery
I. i. evidwl that A ",sents beinK observed and Ih'" die produce. her manif"100f I. ~ ? to cnlSb the Ilande. '. head'. Thi. an! i~rpcn?
" A. B. W. i. . . r. . . HolyK~. ,'76- " /~. . '16-1.
? tine motive aho underlie. her endowments of 1. 8: 'she's be level wilh all the . nag. of them yet' (206. 05). But the r<<ipierm include all manner ofTnlllt and female 6gu=, TnlIny of them much closer In ~ than 10 So PerhaI>' ? is less conscious of the distinction of L from S than, "'y, x. Both. ", enemies of her husband. T o app,. . ,_ date . ', viewpoint We mu" study the La" version "r her letter (6'5. ,z. . . 6'9"9). In thi, she menrions the soak. , ":"eral . imes, "$Iodating them wi. h a certain Magrath, whose idenrity has gravely troubled FWexplic. . lor. :
Sneakers ;n thegrass, keep ofl l . . . the me craws, namely, and their bacQn what harmed burter ! It'l TnlItgorsccrt oiL l1>inthin . hinthin . . . What tho. . : slime. up the COvern door around you, keenin, (the lies is coming out on Ihem f,. . ,. ,)de- fully) had the . hames to suggest can we ever? Never! . . . Wriggling ",pules, takenotice! WhttCII. we eXgull all such sprinkling snig? . . . , If all the Ma. c. . . wls would only handle virgil, like Ann. worh, Limited! (615. 28-6,8. 02)
Master McGrath, the champion Irish gr<:yhound, although he i. men. ioned in VI. B. 4). 76 and iutl ? long in hil honour qUOted at494. 26,caniutrdly be the foremostorunponClu in this cha. . . crer. The pe=ptivc rc:o. derwill pcrhapo ' uspec! that m, who at 367. 02 grew back inoo hi. glOCCly business, has a competitor in Magrath.
A, although . he taunted m with i\ilagrath'l name at 584-05-10, is anxious 00 vindicate the quality ofhtt husband's merchandise: 'Be sage about . . . \WIges! Scuttutistics shoW'S with he', hcacups of teatabl<< the oldfirm'. f. tspiuers are mO$t catcnly appreciated by mctropolonianl' (616. 22-4). SIu: mentions the price of ""con: 'back and st,. . ,. ,ky ni~paCe' (618. 01). It finally trampires thaI the oria:inal bag of c:al<a feacu",d in moat of her earlier loti. . . . was PrQvided by m, and that it is to be equaled with the crmsword pIlUle of FW itself. It is, in other words, a further embodiment of c:
While fur whOever lika tha. uTOgynal pan of cakes one apiece it " thanks, beloved, to Adam, our fonnor 6"'1 Finn-
jaIler and our groceresl churcl>er, a. per Grippithl' varua_ noO$, for hil beautiful cronmtU panel. (6'9. W-5)
Tho OVerriding allWlion here i, to Adam Seo. oon Findlater (1855-'9' I), managing director ofthe Dublin film of Alex Find- laler and Company, gone",l groc<:rl! , wine and 'p ir;t """",hant! ,
The Magrath MYSltty 127
? [18 TheSigt. ofPi_a. . . WaN
19"")[ Upper Sact;;yill~ SUNL Hc manogcd various olhcr """'- <<mI,indudin& <heS. Lo. wrcncc Hotc:lon HowIh. -n. crcfermcc to Griffith'. Valua,;"" may oonn<<1 ",ioh biI involvcmen. in 1901 . . . i,h nIOVCI . o rn>iM: this an ;n applio;:orion to Duhlin and Bd f. " . . . IncaUin, him a 'clIurcher' however, Joy<< is confbli", him with hi. . . . . nd-unc! e Alu hndlaler, Ihe firm'. founder, who buill . . . . Ahbey Ptesh)"terian Church on Ihe comeT of (now) Parnell Squarc. The conftation odherc. to most of ohe Findlaler oUwionl ;n FW, cx(cpting 'Findllter ond Ot. . <hlonc',' (I7o. p) which may
spcciliaoUy ronnote l'indlJ. tc,'. Mountjoy Brewery, foundtd by Alex Findiller, hi, hrothe. (. nother Adam Seaton), tw<) other per-
""'", and Robert Gladstone, I reLalh"e of the poIi';ci:an. "
Adam F indlalcr, <hen, i$ln ulmp~ of a popular and l ua:cuful fillure in Edwardian Duhlin. II ;1 in <his light tho. he il U<<d in
UIyws. " He is abo qualifi<<l 10 rt"P1"QftI. m by . . . .
indution of 'Adam' and ''''inn' in hil name. He didDI>I, ~vcr, npcrimce tbe appropriale fall, 10 Joyce_wean to have invcntc:d one for him. If we note Mljrath'. appellalions 'Dan! Magralh' . t 060. 16 I nd 'Don Ma. . . . w' at 4')4. z6 we may be inl=ltd 10 du. covcr thai one Daniel McO. . . . th, grocer and winc merchant, kept I public ~ II 4- S Ouorlotlc Su"~1 (jwt across the road from 'The Blcedins Hone') from 1819 to 19[8. Inquitica in Dublin flil to
elki. any evidma: ofconnectioN bctwecflrum and Fiodlltc? . The 19" ~ . . . ret\1ml . . . tC thai he _ aged forty-snCl\ ~ yolln&t". lhan Firu:! btcr), ,. . . , hil wife'. nam ? . . . . . AruK, which is abo c:onmlry to the . equiT'<<i Plltenl, and th:Io. be and hil f. milJ w c r e C a t h o l i < 1 W e . r e n o w ; r I t N l c o u n t r y dill<<>"'l~d b y R o b e r ! Adami, Iyina between fllCl and fiction. Our beal courac ;110 relum 10 the ! lclion.
? i l ' poUccrnan. So, It '4S. 2Z,;' Magnolh. <<8. 1 0 demand. 'Wh~re'. Cowtcnds Kltcdean, the woman with the muckrake": could thi. be II; plus S "' Mloljl:nth ('mucl:rake')I RememberinQ
Mn O. . . . heen'. obacrvarion WI . i. sometimca calk<! 'Mahan' (. 1. 1 016. 01), we mUSl include In instruction ! pvcn by jOf<'C for $19. 16: 'for 'Magrath or MacMINgh' read 'O'Bcjonuntcn or Moo;km. IcrnaboII5on. . ' I I Bw: lM mos. important linkalles Involve Mn Maanooh,w,,"-drawers,initialled L. K. ? al'Cbrin&wuhc:d
II ~
"s. . tilt 1Jo! f. . . N. . . J. '. . . . . . . ) 1_ ''''''
. )O-20'P3_ L. K. , ,~ 1II. . . . . ,i. . . explains, Olinda not for
. , M< Williom Ale . . . . f"mdIolU b iDf. . . . . . . . . . _ ? ? ? ? ? " . . .
"1 om . . .
Il>o h~. . . . . , olm. F_,. . . r. mlIy.
"(Bo4Ioy Head <<I;rion, '960), 69- "! j,. . . ,"J_J_ Ill. <<I. RIobatdau. . w. . . . '41.
<cf~1
? ? ? ? ? Laura K<'Own bUI for 'Kinsdla'$ Lilith', Having iust ,pokm of Magnoth in her finallc\ttr, 6 pr<Xet<b 'The cad with the pope'. wife, L ily Kinsella, who became the wife of Mr Sn~ ke", for her good name in the hands of the ki. . ing solicitor, will now enga~e in anention,' (618,03-6),
It i. unclear whether thi, means that Lily was rnanied to the ead with the pipe of 1. 2 prioT to marrying Magrath, or whether the,,"d and Magrath are the same penon, When m confrontl the cad he speak. ! of'yore triplehydrad . . . . . ke' (0)6. 07), Docs this tn<an that the cad i, tht snake f Hi, wife is identified neither with K nor with L ily, but cornet cloaer to A, for , he rnak", 'ann;'; lawrie pT<lm- i. ,. ,,' (038,21), But she hetray. her confidence to C ('Mr Browne ", who ", in hi? ? econdary personality a, a Nolan', 038,26-8)
which il apt if her husband i, Cs e""my II,
In additinn to ! o. {agnoth, 6 mal<", complain~ against Sully, wl>o
truly, I think, be definitively nCTibed to L Having made Sully the author of Th. Ballad of Ptr. . . O'Reilly, A, at 495,03, claim'
that he 'is Magrath" thug: At 618,08 . he mention, him again, immMialCly after Magrath: 'The thick. off Bully'. Acre was got upbySully: Andlowcronthepage:'to. 1Iwhomitmayconcern SuUy i? ? thug,' Bully'. Acrt is the olok1t Dublin cemetery, in the ground. of the Royal H ospitil at Kilmainharn.
In the hope of clarifying the discrepancies I intend to devote
""me space tothe formal argument of 572,2t- 573,32, Thi. passage has sometimes been regarde<l. o. a key to FW, It appears tocreat
d in i$Olation and i
I
~! ;~:~:. i. ;~tojustify than the fi"'L Mrs Giashttn oees 'Lily' in 'Gillia': perhaps the nantes connect via Italian g~h'o, lily. If Gil1ia is 'schismatical' pcrhaps htt affini? tie. are with 1-, W e find -II- as the rose and lil y at 032,11, 485, t 2 and eloewhere, The Kabbalists use the two fIowe", from the SO"" of SoImmm, for the opposed Sephirothic pillaR of Judgem~nt and M ercy respectively," Thi' W<luld connect -I with A and I- with
The Magnoth Mystery 129
?
"'
?
