LIST OF CHARACTERS

Minor Characters (continued)

Dominic Kelly

A choir member. He sings the first part of the benediction solo in the choir at Clongowes.

Father Dolan

The prefect of studies, who flogs Fleming and Stephen in their grammar class.

Father Conmee

The rector at Clongowes who listens to StephenÂ’s story of Father DolanÂ’s unjust punishment.

Mike Flynn

One of SimonÂ’s contemporaries who coaches Stephen in running. Simon claims that Mike Flynn coached some of the best runners of the century, but Stephen wonders if this is true in light of Mr. FlynnÂ’s present poor physical condition.

Mercedes

The imaginary girl of StephenÂ’s boyhood who always eludes him in his romantic fantasies.

Aubrey Mills

A boy with whom Stephen spends one summer in Blackrock, having adventures.

E. C. later named as Emma

A girl Stephen meets at a birthday party and walks to the tram. He misses what he sees as an opportunity to catch hold of her and kiss her. He attempts to write a poem to her the next day titled "To E. C." on the model of Lord ByronÂ’s poems. Later, as a young man, he writes another poem to her.

Maurice

StephenÂ’s younger brother who accompanies him to college when he returns in chapter two.

Mrs. Tallon

Bertie TallonÂ’s mother who helps him dress up as a girl in the play at Belvedere.

Bertie Tallon

A boy at Belvedere who dresses as a girl in the play.

Vincent Heron

StephenÂ’s friend and rival at Belvedere. The two of them excel in studies and have a good deal of authority with the rector.

Wallis

A boy who is smoking outside in the garden at Belvedere with Heron during the program, with whom Stephen stops to talk.

Boland

School mate of StephenÂ’s who is called a dunce. He joins Heron and Nash in beating Stephen for refusing to renounce Byron.

Nash

Schoolmate of StephenÂ’s who is called an idler. He joins Heron and Boland in beating Stephen for refusing to renounce Byron.

Dan Crosby

A tutor with whom Mr. Dedalus speaks about getting Stephen enrolled in the university.

Mat Davin

A young man who goes to StephenÂ’s university in Dublin. He is known as a man connected to Irish language and myth. Stephen thinks of him as a sort of nemesis Stephen wants to go beyond Ireland and many people in Ireland think he should celebrate Ireland instead.

MacCann

Student in StephenÂ’s university who passes around a petition for universal peace and gets into a discussion with Stephen over StephenÂ’s refusal to sign it.

Moynihan

A friend of StephenÂ’s at the university who makes jokes during the physics lecture.

Temple

A student in StephenÂ’s university whom Stephen calls an emotional man.

Dixon

One of StephenÂ’s friends at the university.

Cranly

A close friend of StephenÂ’s at the university, with whom Stephen shares his thoughts on religion. Cranly advises Stephen to go against his conscience and take communion to save his mother further pain in her already hard life.

Lynch

A close friend of StephenÂ’s at the university with whom Stephen talks about his aesthetic theory.

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