tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6561249004966522983.post2339378988849425459..comments2024-03-28T14:38:09.470+00:00Comments on Patrick Comerford: Was Leopold Bloom, the hero of ‘Ulysses’, truly a Dublin Jew?Patrick Comerfordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00558394038241172440noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6561249004966522983.post-55545380306582290032022-02-07T09:04:23.341+00:002022-02-07T09:04:23.341+00:00'the infant was baptised into the Church of Ir...'the infant was baptised into the Church of Ireland ‘by the Reverend Mr Gilmer Johnston M.A. alone in the protestant church of Saint Nicholas Without, Coombe.’<br /><br />This baptism is a literary device, for Johnston is a fictitious character and the church was demolished in 1862.'<br /><br />Was this a reference to the Church of St Nicholas without and St Luke, now given over to secular use?Mark Gardnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01041734909104225311noreply@blogger.com