The Best Death

Rattle his bones over the stones! He ’s only a pauper whom nobody owns!

Content Warning: This episode contains discussions of infant death and suicide.

Topics in this episode include an O’Connell St. history quiz, how Dermot was radicalized as a ten-year-old, the demise of Nelson’s pillar, the floozie in the jacuzzi, Paddy’s adelite face (or was it adelaide?), John Barleycorn, the spiritual tragedy of a sudden death, last rites, extreme unction, Bloom’s lack of understanding about Catholic death rituals, Fr. Mathew, the remnants of Upper O’Connell St., the tractor in the photo to the left, the ghosts of O’Connell St., the absence of the Parnell monument, Bloom’s funeral color scheme, a possible cause for Rudy Bloom’s death, “The Pauper’s Drive”, Catholic stigma against suicide, Mr. Power puts his foot in his mouth, the kindness of Martin Cunningham, unbaptized infants in limbo, the death of Bloom’s father, aconite poisoning, the color purple, and Bloom’s lack of belief in an afterlife.

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