Froggreen Wormwood

Published: April 22, 2020, noon

Images of early morning Paris through the ineluctable modality of Stephen Dedalus' memory, smells of incense and absinthe. We discuss Stephen's life as a starving artist (literally), Kevin Egan and his unwilling exile in Paris, Egan's real life counterpart, New York Times write-ups of duels in the 19th century, Irish nationalist groups of the 19th century, the proper way to drink absinthe, dalcassians and Arthur Griffith, Maud Gonne, \xc9douard Drumont v. L\xe9o Taxil and the pitfalls of attempting to make Ireland more like continental Europe.