Original key of the Tower

JTAA/0004

Original key of the Tower

“Give us that key, Kinch, Buck Mulligan said, to keep my chemise flat” (U 1.721)

This original iron key to the Tower was mentioned in inventory signed by Oliver Gogarty in 1904 and has been passed on by subsequent occupants of the Tower.

Subject

Museum artefacts, James Joyce

License

This collection is being made available under the CC BY-NC-ND licence, which allows users to access the material as long as the original copyright holder is credited; the material cannot be changed in any way or used commercially. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/

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