Ned Lambert One of the discussants at the Freeman’s office during “Aeolus.” He and Simon Dedalus leave the others for a drink at The Oval.
Lunita Laredo Molly’s mother, who married Major Brian Cooper Tweedy. She was a Spanish Jewess and probably somewhat “fast.” There are hints in Ulysses that Lunita and Tweedy were not really married and that Molly thus may be illegitimate (another mystery in the novel).
T.Lenehan From “Two Gallants.” Lenehan apologizes with exaggerated politeness when he collides with Bloom in the Freeman’s offices, helps spread the rumor that Bloom is betting on Throwaway in the Ascot Gold Cup race, and is “put down” by M’Coy (in “The Wandering Rocks”) when he (Lenehan) boasts of once taking liberties with Molly.
Vincent Lynch A friend of Stephen’s who accompanies him to Nighttown in “Circe” and later deserts him in the brothel area. Lynch is a Judas figure in Ulysses.
Bantam Lyons From “Ivy Day in the Committee Room.” Spreads the false information that Bloom has bet on the horse Throwaway when (in “The Lotus-Eaters”) Bloom tells him that he is going to throw away his copy of the Freeman’s Journal and that Lyons can have it. Lyons passes the false tip to Davy Byrne and Nosey Flynn in “The Lestrygonians” and later to Lenehan.
Thomas William Lyster The “Quaker Librarian” who appears in the National Library in “Scylla and Charybdis” and discusses aesthetics with Stephen and others.
Florence MacCabe An old woman whom Stephen sees on the beach in “Proteus”; probably the same Florence MacCabe who figures in Stephen’s Parable of the Plums. In both cases, Stephen calls the woman this name.
Gerty MacDowell Joyce’s Nausicaa, who entices Bloom into masturbating when she reveals her upper thigh and underwear in Joyce’s 13th episode.
Professor Hugh MacHugh One of the principals in the newspaper offices in “Aeolus,” MacHugh underlines the theme of Ireland’s bondage to Britain.
Man in the Macintosh A mysterious figure who turns up at Dignam’s funeral. Hynes, mishearing a remark by Bloom in “Hades,” has him appear as a person named M’Intosh in the Telegraph article.
Mrs. Mastiansky A friend of Molly’s. In “Penelope,” Molly alludes to the unusual sexual practices of Mr. Mastiansky.
C. P. M’Coy A strange Dubliner who is in the habit of borrowing valises and then pawning them. Although he does not show up at Dignam’s funeral, he is reported to have been there in Hynes’s newspaper story.
John Henry Menton A solicitor who is ruffled in “Hades” when Bloom points out a dent in his hat. Menton was once a rival for Molly’s affections, and, in 1887, at Mat Dillon’s, Bloom bested him at a game of bowls.
George Robert Mesias Bloom’s tailor who once explained that Bloom was hard to fit since both his testicles were on the right side. Bloom became acquainted with Boylan at Mesias’s shop in
September, 1903.
George Moore Well-known Irish novelist. It is revealed in “Scylla and Charybdis” that Stephen has not been invited to Moore’s get-together on the evening of June 16, even though Mulligan and Haines have been asked to come to the literary discussion.
Buck Mulligan The complex alter ego of Stephen; he is witty, cynical, and blasphemous, but he is also courageous. Mulligan “baits” Stephen several times in Ulysses and, finally, he apparently has a physical scuffle with him before Stephen leaves for the brothel district. At the end of Ulysses, Mulligan and Haines return to the Martello Tower, and the now homeless Stephen finds that his place has been irrevocably usurped by this Dublin medical student.
Lieutenant Harry Mulvey Molly’s first love, when she was fifteen, on Gibraltar. In “Penelope,” Molly remembers masturbating him into a handkerchief, and she wonders what he is doing now.
W. B. Murphy A sailor who appears in the cabman’s shelter in “Eumaeus”; the drunken red-bearded Murphy is Joyce’s embodiment of the Returning Wanderer. He is apparently from the three-master Rosevean, which Stephen sees at the end of “Proteus.”
Joseph Patrick Nannetti Foreman of the Freeman’s who half-listens to Bloom’s problems over the Keyes’s ad, then leaves Dublin for the House of Commons, having settled nothing about the exchange.
J. J. O’Molloy One of the cronies at the newspaper office in “Aeolus.” He opens a door and strikes Bloom (accidently); there is no room for Bloom in this “inn.”
Charles Stewart Parnell The great Irish nationalist whose fall influenced so much of A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man and Ulysses. Parnell’s demise began in 1890, when details of his relationship with Kitty O’Shea, his mistress, were revealed in the O’Shea divorce trial. He died in 1891. Myths surrounding Parnell are discussed most prominently in “Eumaeus.”
Pat the Waiter In “The Sirens,” Pat is described as being “a waiter who waits while you wait.” At this point, Bloom too is “waiting”—for the adultery of Boylan and Molly to begin.
Jack Power His unknowing comments about suicides on the way to Dignam’s funeral embarrass Bloom, although Martin Cunningham tries to console him. Later, Bloom meets with Cunningham, Power, and Crofton in Barney Kiernan’s pub (“The Cyclops”).
Mina Purefoy Mrs. “Purefaith” has lain three days in labor, and her new son is finally born in “The Oxen of the Sun.” Her husband’s name is Theodore (“God-given”).
Mrs. “Dante” Riordan Stephen’s tutor in A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man; she is also a friend of the Blooms. Molly ridicules her in “Penelope” because Mrs. Riordan didn’t leave them a bequest.
Harry Rumbold A barber-hangman whose application for the post of executioner is discussed at length in “The Cyclops.”
George Russell (A. E.) Theosophist and man of letters whose stress upon the essences and ultimate forms of things in his discussion of Shakespeare in “Scylla and Charybdis” casts him as “Plato,” in contrast to Stephen, who is “Aristotle.” Bloom sees Russell bicycling in “The Lestrygonians,” accompanied by Lizzie Twigg, the young woman whom Bloom rejected for the typist position in favor of Martha Clifford.
Cyril Sargent A sniveling student in Stephen’s class at Mr. Deasy’s school, who (because of his ineptitude) reminds Stephen of his own school days at Clongowes.
Sceptre The horse which Boylan bets on that loses the Gold Cup race. See Throwaway.
The Shan Van Vocht The Poor Old Woman who personifies downtrodden Ireland, but who will become a beautiful queen when the country takes its rightful place in the world. Joyce’s parody of this mythic creature is embodied in this old lady who brings milk to the Martello Tower in “Telemachus.”
F. W. Sweny The druggist from whom Bloom buys a bar of lemon soap, but Bloom forgets to return to the druggist’s shop to pick up Molly’s skin lotion.
Talbot A cheating student in Stephen’s class at Deasy’s school.
Tatters A dog which Stephen sees on the beach in “Proteus”; Stephen wonders if the animal is digging up his (the dog’s) grandmother. Tatters typifies the “God-dog” theme in Ulysses.
John F. Taylor A famous Dublin orator whose speech of October 24, 1901, in favor of reviving Gaelic is praised in “Aeolus.”
Throwaway The dark horse who wins the 1904 Gold Cup race, besting Sceptre, Boylan’s choice. Like Throwaway, Bloom has been “thrown away” by Molly, but he may yet end by winning over Boylan. It is the mistaken belief that Bloom has won on the race that causes him trouble in “The Cyclops,” when the men at Barney Kiernan’s pub wonder why Bloom won’t stand them to drinks to celebrate his gains. See Bantam Lyons.
Major Brian Cooper Tweedy Molly’s hard-drinking, pipe-smoking father, who was stationed on Gibraltar when she was born. Whether or not Tweedy was a major at all and not just a sergeant-major, and whether or not he is indeed Molly’s father through a union with Lunita Laredo are two of the mysteries of Ulysses.
Lizzie Twigg Applicant for the job of typist in response to Bloom’s ad, whom Bloom turns down because he thinks she might be too arty. Twigg was an actual poetess and an associate of George Russell (A. E.).
Virag The name of Bloom’s father, grandfather, and great grandfather. Bloom’s father changed his name to “Bloom,” from “Virag,” which means “flower”in Hungarian.
Reggie Wylie Gerty MacDowell’s boyfriend, with whom she has had a spat, probably making her more enthusiastic about “seducing” Bloom in “Nausicaa.”
