This Fair June Day, the 16th, 1904 - Bloomsday

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(Excerpt from Joyce's annotated manuscript, via the Morgan Library)

Friday, June 16, 2023

11:00am - 5:00pm

Included with General Admission Ticket.

Miss Dunne clicked on the keyboard:

—16 June 1904.

Five tallwhitehatted sandwichmen between Monypeny’s corner and the slab where Wolfe Tone’s statue was not, eeled themselves turning H. E. L. Y.’S and plodded back as they had come.

Then she stared at the large poster of Marie Kendall, charming soubrette, and, listlessly lolling, scribbled on the jotter sixteens and capital esses. Mustard hair and dauby cheeks.

In recognition of Bloomsday, the day that spans the breadth of James Joyce's 1922 novel Ulysses, we hold a reading of the text during regular open hours. Explore the panoramic exhibits, tour the garden, bring your favorite copy of the text and join in on the reading.