Lenehan and Corley appear in at least two works by
James Joyce
James Augustine Aloysius Joyce (2 February 1882 – 13 January 1941) was an Irish novelist, poet, and literary critic. He contributed to the modernist avant-garde movement and is regarded as one of the most influential and important writers of ...
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* In the story "
Two Gallants" from ''
Dubliners
''Dubliners'' is a collection of fifteen short stories by James Joyce, first published in 1914. It presents a naturalistic depiction of Irish middle class life in and around Dublin in the early years of the 20th century.
The stories were writt ...
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Lenehan:
* In the "Aeolus", "The Wandering Rocks" "Sirens", "Cyclops" and "Oxen of the Sun" episodes of ''
Ulysses
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Corley:
* In the "Eumaus" episode of ''
Ulysses
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Lenehan, as well as being described as a 'leech', is a writer of 'flimsies' (horse racing
tip sheet
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s) and apparently does some freelance journalist hack work, notably at the ''
Freeman's Journal
The ''Freeman's Journal'', which was published continuously in Dublin from 1763 to 1924, was in the nineteenth century Ireland's leading nationalist newspaper.
Patriot journal
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'' newspaper. He considers himself witty.
Corley (who pronounces his name 'Horley') is of an undefined occupation. He is shown in "Two Gallants" to be conning an infatuated servant girl out of money, possibly her master's, and also may be a police informer (Joyce is deliberately obscure on this point). Frequently short of money, he is prepared to beg.
The two are friends, with Lenehan appearing as the remora to Corley's shark in "Two Gallants".
External links
Summary of Two Gallants at SparkNotesSparkNotes on Aeolus
James Joyce characters
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