User:Jnestorius/List of Dublin characters

Zozimus (Michael J. Moran; c. 1794–1846), street rhymer
Bang Bang (Thomas Dudley; 1906–1981), pointed a key at passers by and shouted "bang bang"^[1]
Arthur Fields () photographed tourists on O'Connell Bridge.^[2]
James "Lugs" Branigan, Garda
Gainor Steven Crist, bohemian
The Diceman (Thom McGinty; 1952–1995), mime, living statue, and drag artist
Matt the Jap (Matteo (Masahiso) Matubara; 1944–2007); deaf Japanese polyglot who received an M Litt in 1987 from Trinity College Dublin and studied there unofficially for the rest of his life^[3]
Old Man Belfield (Michael Byrne; 1950–2021), homeless man who lived on University College Dublin's campus in Belfield^[4]^[5]^[6]
Pat Ingoldsby (born 1942), writer and former children's television presenter who latterly hawked his self-published poetry books in the city centre
Maggie with the Crucifix (Margaret O'Donoghue) former nun who protested against Catholic religious carrying a tricolour-draped cross
Dancing Mary (Mary Margaret Dunne; c. 1927–2014) proselytized by dancing in O'Connell Street
Johnny Forty Coats (P.J. Marlow), vagrant, basis for the character Rashers Tierney in Strumpet City^[7]^[8]
Skin the Goat (James Fitzharris)
Aidan Walsh (Aidan Walsh: Master of the Universe)
Lundy Foot, tobacconist^[9]
Michael Clifford "The Lavender Man" street trader depicted by Harry Kernoff,^[10] Kathleen Cox,^[11] and James Joyce's Finnegans Wake.^[10]
Fred Gallaher, journalist.^[12]
Denis Guiney, retailer^[13]
John Stephen McArdle, surgeon^[14]
Denis Taaffe, clergyman, polemicist, and historian^[15]

References[edit]

^ "Dudley, Thomas ('Bang Bang')". Dictionary of Irish Biography. Retrieved 26 September 2022.
^ "Fields, Arthur". Dictionary of Irish Biography. Retrieved 26 September 2022.
^ "Trinity remembers eternal student 'Matt the Jap'". The Irish Times. Retrieved 26 September 2022.
^ Jones, Darren (5 February 2021). "Old Man Belfield". UCD Foundation. Retrieved 26 September 2022.
^ "Documentary On One: The story of Old Man Belfield". 23 September 2022. Retrieved 26 September 2022.
^ "Tributes paid to 'Old Man Belfield' - homeless man Michael Byrne". The Irish Times. Retrieved 26 September 2022.
^ "Dublin in the rare old times". Irish Examiner. 29 March 2013. Retrieved 26 September 2022.
^ Fitzpatrick, Richard (17 February 2020). "Remembering The Diceman: street performer and social activist". Irish Examiner. Retrieved 26 September 2022.
^ "Foot, Lundy". Dictionary of Irish Biography. Foot seems to have been a celebrated Dublin character
^ ^a ^b "Harry Kernoff RHA (1900-1974)". Whytes Auctions. Retrieved 26 September 2022.
^ "Cox, (Christina Mary) Kathleen". Dictionary of Irish Biography. Retrieved 26 September 2022.
^ "Gallaher, Francesca (Fannie) Mary". Dictionary of Irish Biography. Retrieved 26 September 2022. A colourful sports journalist, Fred was a celebrated Dublin character, renowned for his reporting on the 'Invincibles' group who perpetrated the 1882 Phoenix Park murders.
^ "Guiney, Denis". Dictionary of Irish Biography. Retrieved 26 September 2022. This was seen as a major coup for a man who was already an established Dublin character.
^ "McArdle, John Stephen". Dictionary of Irish Biography. A well-known and colourful Dublin character, he was popularly known as 'the poor man's surgeon' for his work among the poor.
^ "Taaffe, Denis". Dictionary of Irish Biography. Retrieved 26 September 2022. The contrast between his poverty and erudition, added to his dissolute lifestyle and general eccentricity, made him a well-known Dublin character.

[1] "Dudley, Thomas ('Bang Bang')". Dictionary of Irish Biography. Retrieved 26 September 2022.

[2] "Fields, Arthur". Dictionary of Irish Biography. Retrieved 26 September 2022.

[3] "Trinity remembers eternal student 'Matt the Jap'". The Irish Times. Retrieved 26 September 2022.

[4] Jones, Darren (5 February 2021). "Old Man Belfield". UCD Foundation. Retrieved 26 September 2022.

[5] "Documentary On One: The story of Old Man Belfield". 23 September 2022. Retrieved 26 September 2022.

[6] "Tributes paid to 'Old Man Belfield' - homeless man Michael Byrne". The Irish Times. Retrieved 26 September 2022.

[7] "Dublin in the rare old times". Irish Examiner. 29 March 2013. Retrieved 26 September 2022.

[8] Fitzpatrick, Richard (17 February 2020). "Remembering The Diceman: street performer and social activist". Irish Examiner. Retrieved 26 September 2022.

[9] "Foot, Lundy". Dictionary of Irish Biography. Foot seems to have been a celebrated Dublin character

[whytesKernoff-10] "Harry Kernoff RHA (1900-1974)". Whytes Auctions. Retrieved 26 September 2022.

[11] "Cox, (Christina Mary) Kathleen". Dictionary of Irish Biography. Retrieved 26 September 2022.

[12] "Gallaher, Francesca (Fannie) Mary". Dictionary of Irish Biography. Retrieved 26 September 2022. A colourful sports journalist, Fred was a celebrated Dublin character, renowned for his reporting on the 'Invincibles' group who perpetrated the 1882 Phoenix Park murders.

[13] "Guiney, Denis". Dictionary of Irish Biography. Retrieved 26 September 2022. This was seen as a major coup for a man who was already an established Dublin character.

[14] "McArdle, John Stephen". Dictionary of Irish Biography. A well-known and colourful Dublin character, he was popularly known as 'the poor man's surgeon' for his work among the poor.

[15] "Taaffe, Denis". Dictionary of Irish Biography. Retrieved 26 September 2022. The contrast between his poverty and erudition, added to his dissolute lifestyle and general eccentricity, made him a well-known Dublin character.

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