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Nora Joyce: The Girl from Galway

By Rosemary Rogers

Fall 2024

November 1, 2024 by Leave a Comment

Nora Barnacle was 20 when she arrived in Dublin and met James Joyce in 1904. She had run away from Galway, her absentee mother, her strict uncles, and her friends, without goodbyes. She began work as a chambermaid in Finn‘s Hotel. Nora and Jim spotted each other on Dublin’s Nassau Street. Noting his nautical cap, canvas shoes and long frame, she thought he must have been a … [Read more...] about Nora Joyce: The Girl from Galway

September in Ireland

By Rita Irons
IA Newsletter January 13, 2024

September 5, 2023 by Leave a Comment

A Journal of our Trip Through IrelandSeptember 5, 2023: Aer Lingus JFK to Dublin, arriving the morning of the 6th. After an interesting taxi ride, during which the driver clued us in on what to expect: no guns, very safe city, no Union Jack flown anywhere in Ireland, EU (which “takes too much and gives too little”) was creating problems “forcing” Ireland to accept Ukrainians … [Read more...] about September in Ireland

10 Years of the Bloomsday Revel

IA Newsletter June 10, 2023

June 8, 2023 by Leave a Comment

Origin Theatre's 10th Bloomsday Revel

For the past 10 years Origin Theatre Company has teamed up with Bloom's Tavern to celebrate the anniversary of the publication of James Joyce's Ulysses with our annual Bloomsday Revel. Join us for a day of celebration on  Sunday, June 11, 2023, at 3:00 pm when we once again see some new faces and visit with old friends at Bloom's Tavern as we all lift a glass to Ulysses! Join … [Read more...] about 10 Years of the Bloomsday Revel

A Taste of Joyce

By Colum McCann

June 5, 2023 by Leave a Comment

The Ineluctable Modality of the VisibleSometimes it seems to me that libraries are the most democratic institutions in the world.  From Dublin to New York, you will eventually find most if not all the great books within the walls of our great libraries. I often find myself in the hallowed halls of the New York Public Library on Fifth Avenue and 42nd Street. So here is … [Read more...] about A Taste of Joyce

One Hundred Years of James Joyce’s Ulysses
Exhibit at the Morgan Library

IA Newsletter, June 18, 2022

June 16, 2022 by Leave a Comment

June 2 through October 2, 2022The Morgan Library presents One Hundred Years of James Joyce's Ulysses from June 3 through October 2, 2022. Set on one day, 16 June 1904, James Joyce’s Ulysses follows the young poet Stephen Dedalus and the unlikely hero Leopold Bloom as they journey through Dublin. The groundbreaking novel links the epic to the ordinary, connecting characters and … [Read more...] about One Hundred Years of James Joyce’s Ulysses
Exhibit at the Morgan Library

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