![]() ![]() The cars would have been moving west to east. They walked northward with a curious feeling of disappointment in the exercise, while the city hung its pale globes of light above them in a haze of summer evening. ![]() The car steered out slowly for Grafton Street while the two young men pushed their way through the knot of gazers. The party was to dine together that evening in Segouin’s hotel and, meanwhile, Jimmy and his friend, who was staying with him, were to go home to dress. A little knot of people collected on the footpath to pay homage to the snorting motor. Near the Bank Segouin drew up and Jimmy and his friend alighted. The street was busy with unusual traffic, loud with the horns of motorists and the gongs of impatient tram-drivers. Clair 25)ĭame Street serves as the energetic setting for the race cars’ entrance to the city center in “After the Race:” The Dame street store is in the very heart of the business district frequented by fashionable and middle class purchasers. George’s streets, only a few steps from Pim Brothers’ great department store. One of the Lipton stores is located at the corner of Dame and St. The National Library of Ireland’s photo collection also reveals the Lipton company was in the process of opening a store in Dame Street in 1890, and an American publication, The Book-Keeper: The Business Man’s Magazine, features a 1904 article on the company in which they describe this second Dublin location: Lipton’s Premises in Dame Street, photographed 13 October 1890 by James Talbot-Power. One of these retailers, Waterhouse’s, is referenced directly in “Two Gallants.” Don Gifford describes it as “goldsmiths and silversmiths, jewelers, and watchmakers” (Gifford 57). In between is still the city’s financial district, featuring the Bank of Ireland, several insurance and accounting firms, and high-end retailers. Today, as in Joyce’s day, the street houses City Hall on the western end and Trinity College at the Eastern end. Referenced in two of the Dubliners adolescence stories, Dame Street is one of the largest thoroughfares in the city. Photographed between 18 by Robert French, part of the Lawrence Photograph Collection at the National Library of Ireland. Dame Street, facing east toward Trinity College. ![]()
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