Bloomsday
June 16th is Bloomsday, the day during which Joyce’s Ulysses is set. Bloom refers to the novel’s protagonist Leopold Bloom. June 16th was also the date James Joyce met his wife Nora Barnacle. Each year Dublin goes wild celebrating this holiday known as Bloomsday.
However, this year’s events were suddenly cancelled out of respect to the passing of Irish politician Charles J Haughey. He died yesterday, but his statewide funeral was today. Check out the James Joyce Centre’s website for more information.
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