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The Bloomsday [June 16, 1904] O'Hara: James Joyce's reference in Ulysses to John O'Hara, an Irish Bullfighter in Spain

Ithaca [17] ... The attractive character of certain localities in Ireland and abroad, as represented in general geographical maps ... Ceylon (with spicegardens supplying tea ...) ... Jerusalem, the holy city (with mosque of Omar and gate of Damascus, goal of aspiration), the straits of Gibraltar (the unique birthplace of Marion Tweedy), the Parthenon (containing statues, nude Grecian divinities), the Wall street money market (which controlled international finance), the Plaza de Toros at La Linea, Spain (where O'Hara of the Camerons had slain the bull), Niagara (over which no human being had passed with impunity), the land of the Eskimos (eaters of soap), the forbidden country of Thibet (from which no traveller returns), the bay of Naples (to see which was to die), the Dead Sea. ...