Happy Bloomsday

later12

Well today, if you don't already know, is Bloomsday and where else would you want to be on Bloomsday, but in Dublin-by-the-snotgreen-scrotumtightening-sea?

Lots of events on today, but the one I would really, really recommend is the reading in St Stephen's Green. Even if you haven't read Ulyses, or don't think you would be interested in reading it, this public event is always entertaining for its comedic value and a dynamic line-up of readers if nothing else, and especially so when the sun is shining. It's on from 11am to 2pm and there is no admission fee.

More details here
http://www.jamesjoyce.ie/detail.asp?ID=289

There was also an interesting article in the Irish Times this morning about a famous Ulysses observation that related to a profusion of pubs in Dublin, even in Joyce's days here.
http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/breaking/2011/0616/breaking13.html

“Good puzzle would be cross Dublin without passing a pub,” according to Leopald Bloom, the main character of James Joyce’s Ulysses.

Just in time for Bloomsday, an Irish computer programmer thinks he’s cracked one of Dublin’s oldest mazes.

Rory McCann plotted a course through the city from the North Circular Road at Blackhorse Avenue to the canal at Baggot Street, which he says avoids every pub, even if it does require a detour through a museum and a park.

In a city famous for its public houses, Mr McCann set himself a few rules: “cross Dublin” required moving from north to south, and from east to west, roughly within the boundaries of the city’s canals.

“It was something I’d heard about, like most Dubliners, and it was an interesting idea,” Mr McCann said.

John Mason

unfortunately our day got cut short by hailstones - hailstones in JUNE- whats that all about

we were at the hades reading in glasnevin cemetery which was superb (where i got sunburnt), was sitting beside the lady mayoress.

we then headed to hedigans for lunch, and the hades episode was just starting there, which i have to say rubbish compared to the glasnevin version.

we were going to go upstairs for the discussion on hades but we had booked into the 2.30pm joyce tour in glasnevin and wouldnt have time.

so head off back to glasnevin, 15 mins., in to it, the hailstones from hell started, after 15 mins the tour head back to the cafe and we decide to get a taxi home because at that stage even our jocks were wet :rolleyes:

we had planned that if it rained we would head to cineworld but were far too wet to do anything but go home and have showers.

again, the plan was to head back to the brian boru but the moment was lost for us, so ended up in the hole in the wall.

roll on next year, we are thinking of heading out to sandycove

hope everyone else had a better day then ourselves