Ivy Day in the Committee Room Ivy Day in the Committee Room "Ivy Day in the Committee Room" is a short story by James Joyce published in his 1914 collection "Dubliners." Taking place on election day, "Ivy Day in the Committee Room" discusses candidate Richard Tierney as people filter in and out. Ivy Day refers to the anniversary of Charles Parnell, important Irish figure and nationalist. In a committee room, Mat O'Connor, a canvasser for Richard Tierney, a candidate in an upcoming municipal election, discusses child-rearing with Old Jack, who tries to keep a fire going. Joe Hynes, another canvasser, arrives and needles O’Connor on whether
Max Mapes Ellis the region. These discoveries were chronicled in his paper "Gymnotid Eels of Tropical America" which was published in 1913. In 1913, he and Frank Marion Andrews were published in the Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club with an article about the leaf hairs of salvinia natans. His first book, "The Amphibia and Reptilia of Colorado", which he co-wrote with Junius Henderson was published in 1913. His second book, "Fishes of Colorado", was published in 1914. During this time, he and his wife Marion had their first child, Cornelia Grace, who was born in October 1914. He published many articles about