The Boarding House The Boarding House "The Boarding House" is a short story by James Joyce published in his 1914 collection "Dubliners." Mrs. Mooney, separated from her husband, a butcher who descended into alcoholism, runs a boarding house for working men. Her daughter Polly entertains the boarders by singing and flirting with them. Mrs. Mooney learns that her daughter is having an affair with Mr. Doran, a man in his mid-thirties who has worked in a Catholic wine-merchant’s office for many years. On Sunday nights Polly, Mrs. Mooney's daughter, would sing with the various guests in the boarding house. It is noted that
Two Gallants (band) was released in September 2007 on Saddle Creek and debuted at number 29 on "Billboard"'s Top Heatseeker's Chart. Produced by Alex Newport, the band's eponymous album was noted for being much more sonically rich than previous albums while still retaining the same basic guitar/drum sound and storytelling themes, though "Two Gallants" has more personal themes of love, loss and absence rather than the social themes found on "What the Toll Tells". "Two Gallants" received a score of 69 out of 100 on Metacritic, "generally favorable reviews". A writer for "Alternative Press" remarked that "their take on Delta blues and twisted