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.
