delicate suffering from tuberculosis.
deoc an doruis (Irish) literally door drink; last round.
Derevaun Seraun! Derevaun Seraun! probably gibberish.
deuced extremely; very.
Did the cow calve? (slang) Is there a reason to celebrate?
Donnybrook the site, south of Dublin, of a yearly fair during which there was much brawling and rowdiness.
Drapery a shop selling cloth.
E.C. east central.
Earlsfort Terrace the location of the Dublin International Exhibition Building, a concert venue at the time this story takes place.
Edmund Dwyer Gray the son of Sir John Gray.
Eire Abu (Irish) Ireland to Victory.
embrasure an opening (for a door, window, and so on), especially one with the sides slanted so that it is wider on the inside than on the outside.
ex cathedra (Latin) with the authority that comes from one's rank or office; often specifically with respect to papal pronouncements on matters of faith or morals that have authoritative finality.
faint the crude, impure spirits given off in the first and last stages the distillation of liquor.
Father Tom Burke an internationally popular Irish preacher of the nineteenth century.
favourites and outsiders likely and less-likely winners in a horse race.
Feis Ceoil a yearly festival of traditional Irish music.
fenian a member of a secret revolutionary movement formed in New York and Ireland to free Ireland from English rule. The movement was mostly active in the 1860s and continued until World War I.
Fifteen Acres a lawn or field in Dublin's Phoenix Park.
Fogarty's a Dublin grocer.
fol-the-diddle-I-do a nonsense phrase.
Freeman's General here, the Freeman's Journal and National Press, an Irish newspaper.
Freemason an international secret society having as its principles brotherliness, charity, and mutual aid. Many Dublin Roman Catholics were hostile to Freemasons, who were generally Protestants.
