Which Irish Author wrote Ulysses?

Ulysses, first published as a completed works in 1922, is a modernist avant-garde masterpiece focusing primarily on the trials and tribulations of the protagonist Leopold Bloom. 

It’s set on an ordinary day, 16^th June 1904, in Dublin and features a ragtail cast including Leopold, Molly Bloom, Buck Mulligan and Stephen Dedalus. On top of that it acts like a whistle stop tour of Dublin including sites like Sandymount Strand, Martello Tower, Westland Row, Davy Byrne’s Pub, the National Museum and National Library! 

The novel features everything from stream of consciousness, puns and parodies to commentary on Irish-English relationships and the very minutiae of daily life and was even subject to an American obscenity trail in 1921 before official publication!

Unlike many novels, this is something that has to be read and experienced on a personal level. We would highly recommend it.

All of the above leads us nicely to Bloomsday!

As we hinted at the beginning, on June 16^th every year passersby will witness certain Dublin streets in full celebration of Joyce and his most famous work, Ulysses.

The day is a celebration and commemoration and features dramatisations, pub crawls, Edwardian costume, readings and much more! 

Bloomsday was first celebrated as far back as 1924 and then grew increasingly popular from the 50^th anniversary, in 1954, onwards and continues to this very day!

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Have you ever celebrated Bloomsday or read Ulysses? Let us know! 

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