This afternoon.
Duke Street, Dublin 2.
Actor Dermod Lynskey, performing in costume as James Joyce, for Bloomsday at the pub where in Ulysses Leopold Bloom orders a lunch consisting of a gorgonzola cheese sandwich and a glass of Burgundy.
Meanwhile…
This afternoon.
Duke Street, Dublin 2.
Sauvignon Blanc writes:
Jimmy and Christine who are regulars at this James Joyce event…
Earlier: Kidneys Optional
Meanwhile…
The first #Bloomsday. A cousin who lived in the area said that you’d have walked to the other side of the road to avoid this crowd. pic.twitter.com/auZIgGw5MR
— Barry Sheppard (@barry_shep) June 16, 2021
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Bloomsday really brings out the tossers.
Bloomsday is Halloween for weirdos
Stay classy!
A cantankerous bunch, well most of them.
Great story about Paddy Kavanagh in Antoinette Quinn’s biography of the poet on how himself and Brendan Behan fell out (well, it’s speculative but why let the truth get in the way of a good story). Behan used to be in the family painting and decorating business and offered to brighten up Paddy’s digs on Pembroke Road for him. Kavanagh left him at it for the day and upon returning discovered Behan had painted the whole inside of the gaff black ! Friendship terminated …
Here’s some great archive film footage that brings that photograph of the first Bloomsday skite to life.
https://youtu.be/A0gNNWHmj9Q
Broadsheet connection too!
Left to Right:
John Ryan, Anthony Cronin, Flann O’Brien, Patrick Kavanagh, Tom Joyce (cousin of James).
Hahaha at first comment