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James Joyce

Bloomsday 2022

June 10, 2022 by Leave a Comment

Celebrating the Centenary Celebration of the Release of James Joyce Bloomsday is celebrated on June 16th each year, the day depicted in James Joyce's Ulysses. The day is named after the central character in Ulysses, Leopold Bloom, and follows the life and thoughts of Leopold Bloom and a host of other characters – real and fictional – from 8:00 am on 16 June 1904 through to … [Read more...] about Bloomsday 2022

Ireland / France: Art & Literature

By Turlough McConnell
May 7, 2022

May 5, 2022 by Leave a Comment

Ireland’s culture once again will lead the way in Paris. For the past three years, auction houses in Ireland and around the world have been looking for new ways to bring their collections to audiences in a rapidly changing market.  In particular, they sought to take advantage of Ireland’s European Union links and minimize the red tape and customs procedures … [Read more...] about Ireland / France: Art & Literature

James Joyce Celebrated in Buffalo, NY

June 17, 2021 by Leave a Comment

Joyce Mural 12

Downtown Buffalo's latest mural – a 36-foot-​tall homage to renowned Irish author and poet, James Joyce. The University at Buffalo Libraries, home to world’s largest collection of James Joyce materials, celebrated Bloomsday, with the creation of Buffalo’s newest mural, a 36-foot-tall, vibrant artwork of Irish writer of world renown, James Joyce. The unveiling on June … [Read more...] about James Joyce Celebrated in Buffalo, NY

“Zoomsday”
A Virtual Celebration of
James Joyce’s Ulysses

June 11, 2021 by Leave a Comment

IABANY Zoomsday

Bloomsday, Wednesday June 16, 2021 at 6:00 pm EDT “in Ulysses, in spite of its unusual frankness, I do not detect anywhere the leer of the sensualist…my considered opinion, after long reflection, is that whilst in many places the effect of Ulysses on the reader undoubtedly is somewhat emetic, nowhere does it tend to be an aphrodisiac. Ulysses may, therefore, be admitted … [Read more...] about “Zoomsday”
A Virtual Celebration of
James Joyce’s Ulysses

The Finnegan Clan

By Maeve Molloy and Mary Gallagher

December/ January 2021

May 28, 2021 by 19 Comments

Finnegan is an Irish surname coming from the Gaelic Ó Fionnagáin, meaning “son of fair-haired.” James Joyce immortalized the name for all time in his 1939 novel Finnegans Wake. But literary giants aside, Finnegan is one of the most recognizable Irish surnames of our times. The Finnegan clan’s ties to America have only bound more tightly since the election of Joe Biden as … [Read more...] about The Finnegan Clan

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