# Lenehan — Dubliners character guide

> Lenehan in Dubliners by James Joyce.

**Role:** supporting

**First appearance:** 0005-two-gallants

## Snapshot

A clever, threadbare Dublin schemer who trails behind Corley's swagger, hungry for a look at the woman his friend is working.

## Who they are

Lenehan moves through Dublin's streets as a dependent wit, bright-eyed and quick to read a room, but always a step behind the bolder men he attaches himself to. He craves a share in Corley's conquests yet knows he must use tact to avoid being dismissed, and his anxious scrutiny of the woman at Hume Street reveals both his hunger and his exclusion. He matters because his watchfulness turns the story's small conspiracy into a portrait of Dublin's restless, sidelined poor.

## Relationships

### [Corley](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/dubliners_se/characters/corley)

_friendship_

Two streetwise companions, with Corley as the boastful leader and Lenehan as his admiring but envious sidekick.

### [Corley](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/dubliners_se/characters/corley)

_friendship_

Two streetwise companions, with Corley as the boastful leader and Lenehan as his admiring but envious sidekick.

### [Corley](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/dubliners_se/characters/corley)

_friendship_

Two streetwise companions, with Corley as the boastful leader and Lenehan as his admiring but envious sidekick.

## In the story

### [Two Gallants](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/dubliners_se/chapters/two-gallants)

A parasitic drifter who lives by his wits, Lenehan accompanies Corley and anxiously awaits the result of his friend's scheme.

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