peppermint - a lozenge flavoured with peppermint, a peppermint-drop

comfit - a sweetmeat made of some fruit, root, etc., preserved with sugar + peppermint comfit - a type of peppermint-flavoured candy.

spangler - one who or that which spangles + spangle (Slang) - sovereign (money) + Spangles - sweets you could buy in Britain, went out of production in the early 1980s.

kiddy - a small child

ruta prata (rute prate) (gael) - potato root + ruta (rute) (gael) - root, stock + prutach (prutokh) (gael) - brute.

vurry - Repr. an Amer. pronunciation of very (a.) + (notebook 1924): 'very nothing' → Key: John McCormack, His Own Life Story 80: '"He paid me, the stingy beggar, forty-eight dollars and a half..." "Very nifty." "Very nothing," retorted the tenor'.

potator - a drinker, toper + do something for potatoes (Slang) - to do soemthing for very little.

excellency - a title used to address dignitaries (such as ambassadors or governors) + two Irish viceroys were Earls of Essex.

swallow a hair (Slang) - get drunk

Golden Bridge, Inchicore Road, Dublin

nada - nothing, nothingness + (notebook 1924): 'amounts to nil'.

cost price - the price at which a merchant or dealer buys, as opposed to that at which he sells

highlandman = highlander - an inhabitant of a high or mountainous land; spec. with capital initial. A native of the Highlands of Scotland.

trousertree (notebook 1924) + the price of a highlander's trousers (i.e. nothing, as they wear kilts).

MUNSTER - South province of Ireland; Its arms are 3 gold crowns on a blue ground.

drap - Sc. dial form of drop (n. and v.)

dram - sad, melancholy

dumb - unable to speak because of hereditary deafness; slow to learn or understand, lacking intellectual acuity

plodding - walking or working slowly and laboriously; diligent without brilliancy + damn bloody.

johnny - fellow, guy, chap + the name Sean can be anglicised 'John' + {Speaker: Matthew}

Pro Tanto Quid Retribuamus - "For So Much What Shall We Repay?" (The city motto of Belfast) + quid (l) - what, anything, something + retribuere (l) - to pay back.

Scotty - having the characteristic temperament of a Scot; (With lower-case initial.) Angry, 'cross' + scut - short (obs.).

pigtail + Scots and Picts + Scotia Picta (l) - Painted Scotland, Pictish Scotland.

staggerjuice - strong drink (slang.)

deadhorse - advance wages for work

stripped (Slang) - (of spirits) neat

in large - in a free, unrestrained, or bold manner (obs.); on a large scale + Joyce's note: 'larges (bottles)'.

sugarloaf - a moulded conical mass of hard refined sugar (now rarely made) + RAVEN AND SUGAR LOAF - Grocer's shop in Essex Street, Dublin. 

James + POWER'S DISTILLERY - John Power and Son, 4-12 John's Lane, West; it was often referred to as the "John's Lane Distillery." Ginness's works lie only a few blocks to the West, at James's Gate.   

Bismillah (Arabic) - In the name of Allah (the opening word of almost all the suras of the Koran) + Bushmill's whiskey is made in Ulster.

necessarily - as a necessary result or consequence; by force of necessity, unavoidably (obs.)

Noah + dove and raven released from Noah's Ark.

wit (Irish Pronunciation) - wet + to wit - that is, namely. 

Witz (ger) - wit + witzelnd (ger) - joking + weasend - the aesophagus or gullet; the trachea or windpipe; the throat generally + to wet (one's) whistle, weasand, etc. - to take a drink.

dirty + Vartry water (supply to Dublin from Roundwood reservoir).

jubilee song - a Negro folk-song of an optimistic and joyful kind, often having a religious basis + Chapelizod.

beat we retreat

Ghazi - a champion, esp. against infidels; also used as a title of honour. In modern use, chiefly applied to Muslim fanatics who have devoted themselves to the destruction of infidels.

Power, Frank, "Ghazi" (1858-84) - Dublin journalist, jester, he claimed to have been at Plevna and gained the title of "Ghazi" on "Brave" when he led a Turkish cavalry charge, crying "Hooroo for Dublin!" He tried to hoax Parnell with a story of Dublin risen in revolt, and showed a "bullet wound" in his leg which turned out to be a blind boil on "illconditioned ulcer." Power was killed trying to escape Khartoum + (notebook 1931): 'Ghazi Power Frank' → Hall: Random Records of a Reporter 189: 'the one man in my earliest experience whose name and personality stand out in bold relief is that of Frank Power, or, as we called him, "Ghazi" Power'. 

tristy - sad, sorrowful; trustworthy, faithful + Christy Minstrels - black face troop which came from America to London in 1857. Moore and Burgess were their rivals. 

frecken - to frighten + (notebook 1924): '*V* are you afraid of frank comment?...'

(notebook 1924): '...Not af-raid of Frank Annyone' (dash dittoes 'raid')

illconditioned - having bad 'conditions' or qualities; of an evil disposition; in a bad condition or state

ulcer - an open sore on an external or internal surface of the body, caused by a break in the skin or mucous membrane that fails to heal + Ulster.

gullet - loosely. The throat, neck.

Laighin (lein) (gael) - Lances; E. province; anglic. Leinster + Connachta (kunukhte) (gael) - Progeny of Conn ("intelligence"); W. province; anglic. Connacht, Connaught + Mumha[n] (mun) (gael) - S. province; anglic. Munster + (only three provinces, as Matthew is speaking).

shout - to stand drinks, to treat a crowd of persons to refreshments; to call for (refreshments, drinks, etc.) in order to treat the bystanders

hustler - a shrewd or unscrupulous person who knows how to circumvent difficulties. Also, a thief, a criminal; a salesman, esp. one who is energetic or aggressive + Ulaidh (ule) (gael) - Monument; N. province; anglic. Ulster + hulst (Dutch) - holly.

guid (Ulster Pronunciation) - good

raddy (Ulster Pronunciation) - ready + (Matthew versus other three).

mais non, par exemple! (fr) - but no, indeed!

Emania (l) - Gael. Eamhain (ouwin, aven): ancient capital of Ulster.

referee - one to whom any matter or question in dispute is referred for decision; an umpire + raffa (it) - mob + rapparee (Archaic) - an Irish bandit or plunderer.

lit. Was hast du? (ger) - What's wrong?

august - inspiring mingled reverence and admiration; venerable from birth or position, of stately dignity + (notebook 1931): 'august one'.

Fenians + two Irish saints named Finnian.

Do the cowardly thing (Joyce's note, suicide motif)

mol (mul) (gael) - praise

roon - a piece of the list or selvage of cloth, a strip or shred + mo run (mu run) (gael) - my precious.

Queen's Road, Dún Laoghaire, near mailboat terminal

whenever - at whatever time, no matter when + Thomas Moore, Irish Melodies: song: Farewell! - But Whenever You Welcome the Hour [air: Moll Roone].