Joyce's Dublin: The Bloomsday Walk
Dublin, Ireland
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Joyce's Dublin: The Bloomsday Walk
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Ulysses follows Leopold Bloom through Dublin on 16 June 1904 across 18 episodes. The physical route — from the Martello Tower in Sandycove to the National Library, Davy Byrne's pub, Sweny's Pharmacy and Glasnevin Cemetery — can be walked in a full day. Most of the buildings Bloom passes still stand — though not 7 Eccles Street, his own house, which was demolished; its front door is on show at the James Joyce Centre.
Required Activities
1
of 4
Start at the Martello Tower in Sandycove, where Ulysses opens with Stephen Dedalus and Buck Mulligan — now the James Joyce Museum, holding his guitar, cigar case and death mask
2
of 4
At Sweny's Pharmacy on Lincoln Place, buy a bar of the lemon soap Bloom walks out with in Lotus Eaters — it is a volunteer bookshop now, and they read Ulysses aloud in it
3
of 4
At Davy Byrne's on Duke Street, order Bloom's lunch from Lestrygonians — a gorgonzola sandwich and a glass of burgundy, still on the menu
4
of 4
At Glasnevin, find the O'Connell Tower inside the Finglas Road gate, where Bloom attends Paddy Dignam's funeral in Hades — Collins, de Valera and Joyce's own father are buried here
Start at the Martello Tower in Sandycove, where Ulysses opens with Stephen Dedalus and Buck Mulligan — now the James Joyce Museum, holding his guitar, cigar case and death mask
At Sweny's Pharmacy on Lincoln Place, buy a bar of the lemon soap Bloom walks out with in Lotus Eaters — it is a volunteer bookshop now, and they read Ulysses aloud in it
At Davy Byrne's on Duke Street, order Bloom's lunch from Lestrygonians — a gorgonzola sandwich and a glass of burgundy, still on the menu
At Glasnevin, find the O'Connell Tower inside the Finglas Road gate, where Bloom attends Paddy Dignam's funeral in Hades — Collins, de Valera and Joyce's own father are buried here
Before you go
Bloomsday is celebrated in Dublin every year on 16 June.
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