Prostitutes in Irish Literature

[sweethomes]

Laura Bell

in "From whoredom to evangelism " , by J.F.Burns

Laura Bell - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

[BACMAN36]

Her name was Rosie Redmond, and O'Casey gave her a very sympathetic treatment; she got to make a speech defending her profession and giving out to the hypocrites that criticised her.

There is a large section of James Joyce's Ulysses set in a brothel in "Monto".

Ahh Sweet Rosie.....saw the production in the Abbey last year and could kinda understand why there were riots when is was first produced. How times have changed.

[Quarterpoundher]

Sometimes it pays for the escort to invest in the client.... big time

Tombstone, Arizona - Painted Ladies

"One prostitute, Irish Mag, was much more fortunate than most of the Tombstone ladies of joy. While entertaining a customer one night, she was quite surprised when the man unexpectedly asked her to grubstake him so he could go prospecting.

Mag had never seen the man before, but on an impulse she dug into her meager savings to loan him the money. The prospector took the money and left neglecting to pay for her favors. She berated herself for some time for lending money to a complete stranger. After awhile she decided that the money was gone and that was that.

Several months passed and one day the stranger returned. Mag was stunned when he told her that he had struck it rich and that a half million dollars now rested in Wells Fargo, deposited in her name. Irish Mag quit the business, took her money and returned to Belfast, Ireland to live respectably the rest of her life."

[carlos marvado]

Sometimes it pays for the escort to invest in the client.... big time

Tombstone, Arizona - Painted Ladies

"One prostitute, Irish Mag, was much more fortunate than most of the Tombstone ladies of joy. While entertaining a customer one night, she was quite surprised when the man unexpectedly asked her to grubstake him so he could go prospecting.

Mag had never seen the man before, but on an impulse she dug into her meager savings to loan him the money. The prospector took the money and left neglecting to pay for her favors. She berated herself for some time for lending money to a complete stranger. After awhile she decided that the money was gone and that was that.

Several months passed and one day the stranger returned. Mag was stunned when he told her that he had struck it rich and that a half million dollars now rested in Wells Fargo, deposited in her name. Irish Mag quit the business, took her money and returned to Belfast, Ireland to live respectably the rest of her life."

That's a great story Qph. Back in the days when I was out and about on the town, I always tried a similar strategy. I used to produce my lottery ticket and ask the ladies if they would care to go into partnership with me on the basis of sexual favours for a 50/50 split of anything I might win. I never won a life changing amount of money.......but God bless the national lottery anyway.