Bloomsday performers outside Davy Byrne's pub

Bloomsday (Irish: Lá Bhloom) is a commemoration observed annually on 16 June in Dublin and elsewhere to celebrate the life of Irish writer James Joyce and relive the events in his novel Ulysses, all of which took place on the same day in Dublin in 1904. The day is a secular holiday in Ireland. The name derives from Leopold Bloom, the protagonist of Ulysses, and 16 June was the date of Joyce's first outing with his wife-to-be, Nora Barnacle, when they walked to the Dublin village of Ringsend. Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 800 × 445 pixelsFull resolution (859 × 478 pixel, file size: 143 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Bloomsday performers outside Davy Byrnes pub, Dublin, Bloomsday 2003 File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert... Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 800 × 445 pixelsFull resolution (859 × 478 pixel, file size: 143 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Bloomsday performers outside Davy Byrnes pub, Dublin, Bloomsday 2003 File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert... Davy Byrne’s Pub, Dublin. ... is the 167th day of the year (168th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... For other uses, see Dublin (disambiguation). ... A writer is anyone who creates a written work, although the word more usually designates those who write creatively or professionally, or those who have written in many different forms. ... This article is about the writer and poet. ... Ulysses is a novel by James Joyce, first serialized in parts in the American journal The Little Review from March 1918 to December 1920, and then published in its entirety by Sylvia Beach on February 2, 1922, in Paris. ... 1904 (MCMIV) was a leap year starting on a Friday (see link for calendar). ... This article concerns secularity, that is, being secular, in various senses. ... Leopold Bloom is a fictional character in James Joyces novel Ulysses. ... is the 167th day of the year (168th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Ringsend is a suburb of Dublin, the capital of Ireland. ...

Bloomsday activities

Street party in North Great George's Street, 2004

The day involves a range of cultural activities including Ulysses readings and dramatisations, pub crawls and general merriment, much of it hosted by the James Joyce Centre in North Great George's Street. Enthusiasts often dress in Edwardian costume to celebrate Bloomsday, and retrace Bloom's route around Dublin via landmarks such as Davy Byrne's pub. Hard-core devotees have even been known to hold marathon readings of the entire novel, some lasting up to 36 hours. The first celebration took place in 1954, and a major five-month-long festival (ReJoyce Dublin 2004) took place in Dublin between 1 April and 31 August 2004. On the Sunday in 2004 before the 100th "anniversary" of the fictional events described in the book, 10,000 people in Dublin were treated to a free, open-air, full Irish breakfast on O'Connell Street consisting of sausages, rashers, toast, beans, and black and white puddings, and a pint of Guinness. Image File history File linksMetadata No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File linksMetadata No higher resolution available. ... A pub like this would be a likely stop on a pub crawl. ... The James Joyce Centre is based 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. ... The Edwardian period or Edwardian era in the United Kingdom is the period 1901 to 1910, the reign of King Edward VII. It succeeded the Victorian period and is sometimes extended to include the period up to the sinking of the RMS Titanic in 1912, the start of World War... Davy Byrne’s Pub, Dublin. ... Year 1954 (MCMLIV) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1954 Gregorian calendar). ... is the 91st day of the year (92nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 243rd day of the year (244th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... A full breakfast[1] is a traditional cooked breakfast, comprising at its heart bacon and eggs, that is popular throughout the United Kingdom, the Republic of Ireland, the Commonwealth, and other parts of the English-speaking world. ... Daniel OConnell, 19th century nationalist leader, whose statue by John Henry Foley, stands on the street named after him. ... This article is about the prepared meat. ... A rasher is a slice of bacon. ... This article is about the food. ... Green beans Bean is a common name for large plant seeds of several genera of Fabaceae (formerly Leguminosae) used for food or feed. ... Black pudding (Boudin noir), before cooking Black pudding or less often blood pudding is a sausage made by cooking blood with a filler until it is thick enough to congeal when cooled. ... An Irish breakfast consisting of sausages, black and white pudding, bacon and fried eggs, served with orange juice. ... Guinness logo Guinness is Good for You Irish language advertisement. ...

The Rosenbach Museum & Library, in Philadelphia, United States, is the home of the handwritten manuscript of Ulysses and celebrates Bloomsday with a street festival including readings, Irish music, and traditional Irish cuisine provided by local Irish-themed pubs. The Rosenbach Museum & Library is located within two 19th century townhouses at 2008 and 2010 Delancey Place in Philadelphia. ... For other uses, see Philadelphia (disambiguation) and Philly. ... A manuscript (Latin manu scriptus, written by hand), strictly speaking, is any written document that is put down by hand, in contrast to being printed or reproduced some other way. ... Irish Music is the generic term for music that has been created in various genres on the entire island of Ireland, North and South of the border. ... A pint of stout and some wheaten bread Irish cuisine can be divided into two main categories – traditional, mainly simple dishes, and more modern dishes, as served by hotels etc. ... An amusingly named pub (the Old New Inn) at Bourton-on-the-Water, in the Cotswold Hills of South West England A pub in the Haymarket area of Edinburgh, Scotland A public house, usually known as a pub, is a drinking establishment found mainly in the United Kingdom, Ireland, Canada...

The Syracuse James Joyce Club holds an annual Bloomsday celebration at Johnston's BallyBay Pub in Syracuse, New York, at which large portions of the book are either read aloud, or presented as dramatizations by costumed performers. The club awards scholarships and other prizes to students who have written essays on Joyce or fiction pertaining to his work. The city is home to Syracuse University, whose press has published or reprinted several volumes of Joyce studies. Nickname: Location of Syracuse within the state of New York Coordinates: , City Government  - Mayor Matthew Driscoll (D) Area  - City 66. ... Crouse College, a 19th-century Romanesque building which houses the universitys visual arts and music programs Syracuse University (SU) is a private research university located in Syracuse, New York, United States the geographic center of the state, about 250 miles northwest of New York City. ...

In 2004 Vintage Publishers issued yes I said yes I will Yes: A Celebration of James Joyce, Ulysses, and 100 Years of Bloomsday, edited by Nola Tully. It is one of the few monographs that details the increasing popularity of Bloomsday. The book's title comes from the novel's famous last lines.

Bloomsday has been celebrated since 1994 in the Hungarian town of Szombathely, the birthplace of Leopold Bloom's father, Virág Rudolf an emigrant Hungarian Jew. The event is usually centered around the Iseum, the remnants of an Isis temple from Roman times, and the Blum-mansion, commemorated to Joyce since 1997, at 40–41 Fő street, which used to be the property of an actual Jewish family called Blum. Hungarian author László Najmányi in his 2007 novel, The Mystery of the Blum-mansion (A Blum-ház rejtélye) describes the results of his research on the connection between Joyce and the Blum family. Szombathely (Latin Savaria/Sabaria, German Steinamanger, Slovenian Sombotel) is a city in Hungary. ...

Popular culture references

In Mel Brooks' 1968 film The Producers, Gene Wilder's character is called Leo Bloom, an homage to Joyce's character. In the musical 2005 version, in the evening scene at the Bethesda Fountain in Central Park, Leo asks, "When will it be Bloom's day?". However, in the earlier scene in which Bloom first meets Max Bialystock, the office wall calendar shows that the current day is 16 June, indicating that it is, in fact, Bloomsday. Mel Brooks (born June 28, 1926) is an Academy Award-winning American director, writer, comedian, actor and producer best known as a creator of broad film farces and comedy parodies. ... This page is about the 1968 film. ... Gene Wilder (born Jerome Silberman on June 11, 1933) is an American actor who is best known for his role as Willy Wonka, his collaborations with Mel Brooks in Blazing Saddles, The Producers, and Young Frankenstein, and his four movies with Richard Pryor: Silver Streak, Stir Crazy, See No Evil... The Producers is a 2005 film based on the 2001 Broadway musical of the same name, which is in turn based on the 1968 movie starring Zero Mostel, Gene Wilder and Andréas Voutsinas. ... Bethesda Fountain Cherubs against a stem modelled with cattails supporting the upper basin Bethesda Fountain is the central feature on the lower level of Bethesda Terrace in Central Park, New York. ... Central Park is a large public, urban park (843 acres, 3. ... is the 167th day of the year (168th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...

The movie Slacker features a character throwing their copy of Ulysses in a river, while another Richard Linklater movie, Before Sunrise takes place on June 16, Bloomsday, with the characters agreeing to meet back in Vienna, Austria in exactly 6 months. This article is about the Richard Linklater movie. ... Before Sunrise is a 1995 drama film directed by Richard Linklater and written by Linklater and Kim Krizan. ... is the 167th day of the year (168th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...

Lilac Bloomsday Run

Main article: Lilac Bloomsday Run

In Spokane, Washington, United States, an annual 12-kilometre race called the Lilac Bloomsday Run is held on the first Sunday of May. The inaugural Bloomsday road race took place on 1 May 1977, and the race is now one of the largest road races on the West Coast of the US. The connection with the Joycean Bloomdsay is that, according to the event's founder, Don Kardong, a road race is an odyssey (like the one referred to in Ulysses) and ordinary people are involved in heroic journeys every day of their lives. The Lilac Bloomsday Run is an annual timed road race in Spokane, Washington, held the first Sunday of every May since 1977. ... Nickname: Location of Spokane in Spokane County and Washington Coordinates: , Country United States State Washington County Spokane Government  - Mayor Dennis P. Hession Area  - City  58. ... The Lilac Bloomsday Run is an annual timed road race in Spokane, Washington, held the first Sunday of every May since 1977. ... is the 121st day of the year (122nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Also: 1977 (album) by Ash. ... Don Kardong (Dec. ... This article is about Homers epic poem. ...

External links

• James Joyce Centre - Dublin, Ireland
• NPR: Celebrating the 'Bloomsday' Centennial
• Seattle Bloomsday readings
• BloomsdayNYC - A collection of Bloomsday events in the greater New York City area
• BBC: Fans descend on Joyce's Dublin, Celebrations mark Joyce centenary, In pictures: Bloomsday celebrations
• Bloomsday Santa Maria - RS (BRAZIL): A literary party since 1994
• The Rosenbach Museum & Library (Philadelphia)
• The Bloomsday Band (San Francisco)
• About Bloomsday and where Joyce can be found in the streets of Dublin