I think the James Joyce "Araby" is from The Dubliners. The only other Araby I know fits with a tuneful ditty learned around 1944 at the Laurentian ski hills. Doreen ----- Original Message ----- From: "Doug & Pat Frykberg" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, September 16, 2002 6:14 PM Subject: [SH] Araby > I have just read a lovely book by Greta Mulrooney called "araby" > I notice in the Library list that there is another such title "Araby- James Joyce ed by......oh darn cant remember. > I could not see the connection with the title in Mulrooney's book. > Does the word araby then have a special Irish significance? > Nothing in any dictionary I looked at. > Pat > > > ==== SHAMROCK Mailing List ==== > ** To find a location in Ireland, use > the IreAtlas Townland Database > http://www.seanruad.com and/or > Placename Search > http://www.ireland.com/ancestor/place > name.index.cfm ** > >