Come Here To Me!

I mentioned on here before than I’m trying to get to grips with Ulysses at the minute. One of the things I’ve been doing too is reading into some of the people who greatly influenced the work, such as Oliver St. John Gogarty. A writer of great renown, Gogarty (or Buck Mulligan to Ulysses readers) was also a Senator in the Free State administration.

I’ve been getting to grips with Buck through Ulick O’Connor’s excellent biography Oliver St.John Gogarty. He strikes me as a remarkably complex character, but one with a great wit. I was struck by a great comment in the Senate around the Wild Birds Protection Bill, 1929.

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My journey through Ulysses, for anyone who is curious, is going well. I expect to be dressed like this by Bloomsday.