Great recommendations! One small bit of extra advice, albeit poorly timed (with covid) and also quite an extreme luxury when compared to radio/podcast listenin

Great recommendations! One small bit of extra advice, albeit poorly timed (with covid) and also quite an extreme luxury when compared to radio/podcast listening is: visit & walk Dublin. The novel is firmly rooted in geography, so as you "read it, plowing through verbiage without taking too much heed of references", you may at least get some better hints at the sense of place permeating some of said references. As another commenter suggests, digital maps may help here (seriously). One can also try and solve Bloom's famous puzzle[0]... [0] https://www.lonelyplanet.com/ireland/activities/the-cross-dublin-without-passing-a-pub-challenge/a/pa-act/v-108437P3/359581 https://www.lonelyplanet.com/ireland/activities/the-cross-du...