- Kingstown — the main town in the district, on the southern coast of Dublin Bay, about a mile's walk from Glasthule. Kingstown
- smack — (("trace, tinge, or suggestion of something specified" – OED.))
- broken bread — oddments of baked bread, unsuitable for sale, often given in charity.
- James Connolly — Irish socialist, republican martyr. Connolly
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Socialism Made Easy — a pamphlet published by Connolly in 1909 whilst still in America. - the polis — the police. (("representing regional pronunciation of police" chiefly Irish and Scottish – OED.))
- George's Street — the main thoroughfare of Kingstown.
- king who named Kingstown — King George IV. Kingstown name
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People's Park — a small laid-out public garden between Kingstown and Glasthule. - the old famine song — known as The Famine Song or The Praties they grow small – "praties" being an Irish rendering of "potatoes". Doyler sings the third verse – what might be called a personal rendition. ♫♫
- band flute — i.e., not a concert flute. Irish flute
- boxwood — a usual wood for flutes, valued for its "sweet" tone.
- five bob — five shillings – about half a week's wages for a labouring boy of Doyler's age.
- guard's moustache – here, the traditional clipped moustache of a junior army officer.
- nob — (("a person of some wealth or social distinction" – OED.))
- if you say so ... so — ? allusion to ((so: "homosexual" from ca. 1890. "Thus a 'so' man is a homosexual, a 'so' book a Uranian novel, poem, etc" – Partridge HS.))
| UK | US-h | US-p | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pages | 56-58 | 56-57 | 47-48 |
| POV | Doyler | ||
| Where | streets of Kingstown and Glasthule | ||
| When | Wednesday night, May 5 1915 | ||
