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Locations in Ulysses

Annesley Bridge Bachelor's Walk Bedford Row Blessington Street 42 Camden Street Lower Christchurch Place College Green The Coombe Dalkey, Dublin Bay Dame Street Eccles Street Finglas Road Fitzgibbon Street Fleet Street Grafton Street Hume Street Island Street Loopline Bridge Lord Edward Street Malahide Road Mary's Abbey Merchant's Arch Merrion Square Mountjoy Square Nelson Street North Circular Road North Strand Road Northumberland Road O'Connell Bridge Ormond Quay Parliament Street Pearse Street Phibsborough Road Rutland Grove Sandycove Sandymount Strand Townsend Street Watling Street Wellington Quay Westland Row Wicklow Street

Merchant's Arch

Merchant's Arch is a bar near the Ha'Penny Bridge in Dublin, Ireland, which dates back to 1821.

Map

The following is a map of Merchant's Arch:

Map of Merchant's Arch

Network Graph

Network Graph Merchant's Arch

Most Common References

In this location, an allusion to Edward Fitzball was made.

Edward Fitzball (1792-1873) was an English playwright who specialized in melodrama. Two of his works were "Floating Beacon" and "Pilot."

This Location in Ulysses

The only allusion made in this location was a reference to Fitzball, who was particularly talented at writing nautical dramas. Perhaps Joyce thought of this location in a dramatic, literary sense and in a seafaring way.