Annotations to James Joyce's Ulysses/Cyclops/293

thumb|600px|center|page=296 Annotations Sinn Fein ... Sinn fein amhain5(Errata) This should read: Sinn féin ... Sinn féin amháin. Gabler (1984) did not emend it, however, on the grounds that the errors were Joyce's and not typos. When an early draft of this episode was published in The Little Review, it appeared exactly as it does on the page above.The Little Review, Volume 6, Number 7 (November 1919), p. 50. Sinn féin ... Sinn féin amháin!5(Irish) Ourselves ... Ourselves alone!Gifford (1988) 333.Thornton (1968) 269. Watchword of Irish nationalists at the turn of the century. According to Gifford these words occur in the refrain of Timothy Daniel Sullivan's patriotic song The West's Awake, though the only song of this name that I am aware of is by Thomas Osbourne Davis, and it does not include these words. Thornton mentions a song called Sinn Fein, Sinn Fein Amhain by O'Higgins.Songs in the Works of James Joyce Hodgart Matthew Mabel Worthington 1959 Columbia University Press New York 202 http://books.google.ie/books?id=RNxaAAAAMAAJ&q=Sinn#search_anchor 06-12-2012 References Annotations to James Joyce's UlyssesPreceding Page | Page Index | Next Page