The James Joyce Center Celebrates ULYSSES June 12-16

THE James Joyce CENTRE'S BLOOMSDAY 2010 celebrates Joyce's epic Ulysses from 12 - 16 June at venues across the city.

Join us for:
OUR TRADITIONAl BloomSDAY BREAKFAST

READINGS, SONG & DANCE IN MEETING HOUSE SQUARE

THE DELIGHTFUL ONE-MAN SHOW ‘JIMMY JOYCED' (DONAL O'KELLY)

TALKS BY DANIS ROSE AND Barry McGovern

A ROUNDTABLE WITH AWARD-WINNING SPANISH AND IRISH WRITERS

RARE FILM FEATURES

WALKING TOURS

All details on our website: www.jamesjoyce.ie

WALKING TOURS
12 - 16 June starting at the James Joyce Centre
Join us for one (or all!) of 4 tours of Joyce's Dublin. Be sure to book ahead: the Bloomsday Walk is €8 per person; all others are €10 per person (€8 concessions).

In the Footsteps of Leopold Bloom - Saturday 12/1pm; Sunday 13/2pm; Monday 14/11am; Tuesday 15/2pm
This tour explores the background to Joyce's Ulysses and to Bloom's thoughts as he crosses the city in search of something to eat in the ‘Lestrygonians' episode. A humorous contrast of well-fed and under-fed citizens is mixed with a commentary on city buildings, and the presence of police constables reminds us of the realities of Dublin as a colonial city. In these footsteps, food becomes the central issue of social, cultural and political life in Dublin in 1904. The tour starts from the James Joyce Centre and finishes at the National Museum.

Joyce Circular - Saturday 12/11am; Sunday 13/12pm; Tuesday 15/11am
On our andante dander around the Hibernian metropolis, we take in North Earl Street; the house where Oliver ‘Buck Mulligan' Gogarty was born; the setting of the Dubliners story ‘The Boarding House'; the house in which Sean O'Casey was born; the site of 7 Eccles Street, home of Leopold & Molly Bloom; and Belvedere College, which Joyce attended in the 1890s. The tour starts from and returns to the James Joyce Centre.
Dubliners - Saturday 12/2pm; Monday 14/2pm
Join our guide on a ramble through the city of Joyce's first and most accessible work, Dubliners. Completed in 1907, Dubliners skilfully treats both turn-of-the-century Dublin and Joyce's surroundings in continental Europe where the stories were written. The tour examines Joyce's life in Dublin and the Dublin he created in his stories, as well as looking at how the city has commemorated its famous son. Joyce's Dublin was a city of politics and intrigue, of religious devotion and disaffection, as well as a city in which the pressures and ties of family and society were never far off. The tour starts from the James Joyce Centre and finishes near Trinity College.

Bloomsday Walk - Wednesday 16th 10am/11am/12pm/1pm/1.30pm/2pm/2.30pm/3pm/3.30pm/4pm
This speciAl Bloomsday walk features some of the most important Northside locations from Joyce's Ulysses. Our hour-long wander will take in Belvedere College, Eccles Street, Leopold and Molly Bloom's residence, and variety of key locations along Parnell Square and O'Connell Street.

SATURDAY & SUNDAY 12-13 JUNE

DONAL O'KELLY'S JIMMY JOYCED!
Saturday & Sunday 12-13 June, 7pm in the James Joyce Centre.
In 'Jimmy Joyced!' Donal O'Kelly brings to life a year in the life of the Irish genius. 'Kicking off on a stall in Portobello Market, bric-a-brac seller JJ Staines (O'Kelly) attempts to explain the importance of Joyce memorabilia to his father. As he drifts into the world that Joyce inhabited we are swept back to 1904 to experience a flavour of the life lived by of one the greatest literary artists Ireland has ever produced. What O'Kelly superbly depicts is not only the life of the young Joyce, but also the range of extraordinary characters that impacted upon his life. Everything about this tantalising performance is memorable.' Tickets 20Euro (tbc); limited seating.

SUNDAY 13 JUNE

Barry McGovern
THE MUSIC OF ULYSSES
Sunday 13 June, 2pm at the Dublin Writer's Museum, 19 Parnell Square North.
Barry McGovern explores the famous and little known music in Joyce's masterpiece. A prolific actor and native Dubliner, he has been a member of The Abbey Theatre Company and the RTÉ Players and holds an honorary doctorate from Trinity College. Free event; booking recommended. Call the Joyce Centre, tel. +353 1 878 8547.

MONDAY 14 JUNE

James Joyce BUS TOUR
Monday 14 June, 10am-3pm beginning at the James Joyce Centre
Jump aboard our bus and take a sojourn into Joyce country. Delving into Dublin's suburbs, we'll explore Joyce's early formative years alongside the locations that became so central to his fiction. Stops will include Chapelizod village, Dublin's old Jewish quarter known as ‘Little Jerusalem', Rathgar and Rathmines, the Martello Tower, Mr. Deasy's School at Dalkey, and Sandymount Strand. The ticket covers the cost of admittance to the Joyce Tower; the tour will stop for lunch in the picturesque village of Glasthule. Tickets €28; booking recommended. Call the Joyce Centre, tel. +353 1 878 854

TUESDAY 15 JUNE

BOOK LAUNCH WITH 'THE ORDER OF THE FINNEGANS' & ROUNTABLE DISCUSSION
EDUARDO LAGO, ENRIGQUE VILA-MATAS, ANTONIO SOLER, JORDI SOLDER, MALCOLM OTERO, JOSE ANTOIO GARRIGA VELA & SPECIAL GUEST
Tuesday 15 June, 4.30-6pm Cervantes Institute, Lincoln House, Lincoln Place, Dublin 2
Join us for the launch of La Orden del Finnegans (The Order of the Finnegans) and roundtable discussion with this Spanish literary collective and a special guest, award winning Irish writer. Reception to follow. Free event, booking recommended.

DANIS ROSE
THE BEGINNING AND THE END OF FINNEGANS WAKE
Tuesday 15 June, 7.00pm at the James Joyce Centre, 35 North Great George's St.
Dubliner, Joyce scholar and editor, Danis Rose will take up poignant and mysterious questions which link the end to the beginning of Joyce's last, great work, Finnegans Wake. Rose is the editor of a new edition of Finnegans Wake (Houyhnhnm 2010). Free event; booKing Strongly recommended. Call the Joyce Centre at +353 1 878 8547

WEDNESDAY 16 JUNE

DENNY'S BLOOMSDAY BREAKFAST
Wednesday 16 June, 8, 9.30, 11am at the James Joyce Centre, 35 North Great George's St.
Our traditional breakfast is the hallmark of the Joyce Centre's Bloomsday festival. Partake of a ‘full Irish' Bloomsday Breakfast at the James Joyce Centre whilst actors entertain with readings from Joyce's Ulysses. Feel free to come in your own c.1904 costume! Generously sponsored by Dennys.
Book now for one of 3 seatings, €18 per person. Call the Joyce Centre at +353 1 878 8547

READINGS, SONG & DANCE IN THE SQUARE
Wednesday 16 June, 11am-4pm at Meeting House Square, Temple Bar
Our Master of Ceremonies hosts a star-studded afternoon of readings and songs from Ulysses. Joyceans of all ages and backgrounds are welcome to join in, so come one, come all, and read your favourite few words from the book of the day! We'll be treated to music of the era as soprano, Deirdre Masterson, pianist, Dearbhla Brosnan and other guest soloists perform a variety of songs drawn from Ulysses, while Elaine McGloughlin treats us to a ballet performance of ‘Marble Halls'. Free and open to the public, limited seating available.

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