Paddy (Patrick) Dignam His death is the reason why Bloom is at Glasnevin Cemetery ("Hades") and the reason why Bloom is dressed in black throughout the day. Another drunken Dubliner, Dignam corresponds to Odysseus's inebriated retainer, Elpenor, who, in Homer's epic, broke his neck in a fall from the roof of Circe's house.
Master Patrick Dignam The main interest of Dignam's son in his father's death is that he might get some time off from school and can become a celebrity for awhile.
Mat Dillon His home provided a meeting place for Bloom and Molly in 1887 when they were going together. Also, it was at Dillon's that Bloom bested Menton at bowls, an affront that the solicitor never forgot.
Dr. Dixon On May 23, 1904, Dixon treated Bloom for a bee sting, this wound in the side becoming a Christocentric symbol in Ulysses.
Moses Dlugacz At the shop of this pork butcher, Bloom (in "Calypso") buys a kidney for breakfast. Also, at Dlugacz's, Bloom ogles the buxom servant girl of the Blooms' next door neighbors, the Woods, although he is unable to follow her after she leaves the store.
Reuben J. Dodd A stingy legal accountant who is the butt of a joke among Cunningham, Power, Simon Dedalus, and Bloom on the way to Glasnevin Cemetery.
Ben Dollard An overweight singer who gives a rendition of the patriotic ballad "The Croppy Boy" in "The Sirens." Molly once punned on Dollard's size, saying that he had a nice "barreltone" voice.
Bob Doran From "The Boarding House" in Dubliners. Doran is on his annual drinking binge in Ulysses, and his sinister, drunken antics in "The Cyclops" help to establish the macabre tone of the episode.
Lydia Douce One of Joyce's sirens in "The Sirens," Lydia Douce is a barmaid at the Ormond Hotel. Her observation that Bloom has "greasy eyes" relates him to Christ since the word is pronounced "grace-y" in Dublin. The other siren at the Ormond is Mina Kennedy.
Mary Driscoll A maid at the Blooms' whom Molly dismissed on a false charge when Bloom began taking an interest in her.
Earl of Dudley (William Humble Ward) The cavalcade of this Lord Lieutenant of Ireland to open the Mirus Bazaar is one of the structuring devices of "The Wandering Rocks."
Kevin Egan A self-exiled Irish patriot whom Stephen meets in Paris before the start of Ulysses.
John Eglinton (William Kirkpatrick Magee) Influential Anglo-Irish essayist who patronizes Stephen during Stephen's discussion of Shakespeare in "Scylla and Charybdis."
