Blooming great day for Joyce.Byline: By LOUISE HOGAN HUNDREDS of fans of James Joyce will be served up kidneys, thick giblet soup and fried liver slices to celebrate Ulysses. But for those with weaker stomachs there will be a full Irish breakfast served at the James Joyce Centre The James Joyce Centre is a museum dedicated to promoting an understanding of the life and works of James Joyce. The Centre is situated in a restored 18th-century Georgian townhouse, dating from a time when the north inner city of Dublin was at the height of its grandeur. and many of the author's old haunts. Laura Barnes, director of the James Joyce Centre, said: "The point of Bloomsday is to bring Joyce's book, for its fun and brilliance of language, out into the open for everyone to share." Bloomsday is named after Ulysses's central character Leopold Bloom and his adventures around Dublin on a single day, June 16, 1904. Ms Barnes said: "We will be holding a Bloomsday Breakfast. "There will be readings and theatre to enliven en·liv·en tr.v. en·liv·ened, en·liv·en·ing, en·liv·ens To make lively or spirited; animate. en·liv  en·er n. the morning
alongside the Guinness and kidneys.
"This year we have partnered with the Gaiety Gaiety See also Cheerfulness, Joviality, Joy. Gallantry (See CHIVALRY.) butterfly orchis symbol of gaiety. School of Acting and Balloonatics to ensure a memorable Bloomsday." CAPTION(S): AUTHOR: James |
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