Conolly

By the merest chance, and by an almost inconceivable piece of carelessness on the part of the conspirators, it was divulged to a man called Conolly, a Presbyterian convert, who went straight and reported it to Sir William Parsons.

The Story of Ireland Emily Lawless 1879

John Kidd replies: Mr. McCleery promises he will "acknowledge mistakes unambiguously" yet immediately waffles on whether or not the spelling "Conolly" was Joyce's last revision on the type-scripts.

'The Scandal of Ulysses': Yet Another Exchange McCleery, Alistair 1989

In addition, Lyons goes so far as to correct the spelling of the quotation taken from p. 12 of the 1968 Penguin edition of the novel from "Conolly" to "Connolly."

The New 'Ulysses': Grave Matters Gabler, Hans Walter 1989

The last of these revisions is so patently Joycean that even without the correction to "Conolly" an editor should have detected the hand of Joyce on the lost typescripts.

The New 'Ulysses': Grave Matters Gabler, Hans Walter 1989

One further source which might also be cited for the "real name" is Who's He When He's At Home compiled by Shari and Bernard Benstock (1980) where "Conolly" is acknowledged as the version appearing in Ulysses (Random House, 1961) but "Connolly" is given as the "real name."

The New 'Ulysses': Grave Matters Gabler, Hans Walter 1989

He quotes "for example" a passage from p. 145 of this work which in its one mention of "Conolly" spells it with the single "n."

The New 'Ulysses': Grave Matters Gabler, Hans Walter 1989

But as I demonstrated above with the example of "sweetsour of her spittle," and as John Kidd has demonstrated with a growing list of examples, such as misspellings of the names "Conolly" and "Thrift," some "critical judgments" are little more than blunders.

The New 'Ulysses': Grave Matters Gabler, Hans Walter 1989

For example, in criticizing Gabler for his spelling of the name Connolly Norman, Kidd based his objections on the spelling of the historical Norman's name as "Conolly" and listed seven references in Thom's Dictionary as evidence (NYR, June 30, 1988, p. 33).

More on the New 'Ulysses' Groden, Michael 1988

"Conolly" is a possible misprint for "Connolly" (as found earlier in the text).

Narrative of a Journey to the Shores of the Polar Sea, in the Years 1819-20-21-22, Volume 1 John Franklin 1816

Once we conclude that "Conolly" is Joyce's correction of his earlier slip and not a typist's error, the presumption shifts in favor of "country," "up," and "low" ” the words of all editions prior to Gabler.

The New 'Ulysses': Grave Matters Gabler, Hans Walter 1989