‘Free money, free love in a free lay state’: Leopold Bloom’s politics
Bloom and his creator James Joyce were finely attuned to Irish ideological currents of their day
Read more about Bloomsday, the annual June 16th commemorations of James Joyce set on the day his 1922 novel Ulysses takes place in 1904.
Bloom and his creator James Joyce were finely attuned to Irish ideological currents of their day
Performances and fun across Dublin for commemoration of the 120th year since the day on which James Joyce’s Ulysses is set
Among €25 T-shirts for sale at James Joyce Centre, those reading ‘Stately Plump Buck Mulligan’ sold out quickly
Michael D Higgins tells Bloomsday gathering those who intimidate library staff and tear up books ‘must be called out’
My five-year-old and I are heading home to Hungary after a weekend visiting family in Lucan. Our bag is full of chocolate and paints
Imagine the attention were Ireland to have a public holiday celebrating a fictional character
Joycean events to mark the 120th anniversary of Leopold Bloom’s many steps across Dublin are being held across the capital and beyond
Rite & Reason: Joyce knew far more about Catholic dogma than many of his detractors
The Ulysses European Odyssey stretches across 18 European cities that have produced artistic responses to the novel
Hundreds of James Joyce enthusiasts flock to Sandycove and surrounds for readings, song and more
In a Word: Two public holidays so close together? That’s nothing: the French had five last month
The Easter Rising is seen as a catalyst for global processes of decolonisation, in the same way as Joyce is a catalyst for literary modernism
A new work by Thomas McCarthy
Dereliction, dirt and degradation are the predominant features of summer in much of the city
A blizzard of festivals hits this weekend. From stage times to getting there, here’s a lot of what you need to know if you’re heading to these events
A poignant coincidence
Gravediggers Bar deputised for Barney Kiernan’s as backdrop for Bloomsday performance of Cyclops episode
Paris gave Joyce a lens through which to see his native city as a modern urban environment
Nora Barnacle wanted him repatriated but was refused. We must right this wrong
Like every Dubliner, in the end we are all bit players in short chapters within Joyce’s universe
Annabel Abbs, author of The Joyce Girl, asks why was Lucia Joyce, a beautiful woman and talented dancer, left to languish by her family for 50 years in an English asylum?
James Joyce populated his chronicle of a day in Dublin with hundreds of people, famous and ordinary, Irish and foreign, contemporary and historical. Knowing who they were throws light on many passages of Joyce’s masterpiece
Eileen Battersby details five good reasons to dive into a truly great work of fiction
Anthony Cronin, begetter of the first Bloomsday celebration in 1954, organised one of Dublin’s greatest literary events to mark the centenary of James Joyce’s birth in 1982
Crosswords & puzzles to keep you challenged and entertained
How does a post-Brexit world shape the identity and relationship of these islands
Inquests into the nightclub fire that led to the deaths of 48 people
Weddings, Births, Deaths and other family notices