Bloomsday

Dalkey Castle & Heritage Centre will present the Dalkey Schoolroom Scene from The Nestor episode (Chapter Two) of Ulysses on Bloomsday, June 16th at 3.30pm. This celebrates the fact that James Joyce set this episode in the Clifton School on Dalkey Avenue. Clifton is now a private residence, called ‘Summerfield’. The performance will be followed by a Joycean Walk past places with a Joycean connection in Dalkey, led by an expert Joycean guide. The Walk will culminate in a lively sharing of Joycean experiences at the Queen’s Bar, where burgundy wine and gorgonzola cheese will be provided to walkers ‘on the house’. Some impromptu readings will be held too and you are invited to join in!


At 8pm all are invited to attend the highly popular Joycean Evening where a team of actors will perform wonderful extracts from Joyce’s work linked by music and songs that James Joyce either sung or which feature in his work.

Bloomsday Festival is supported by DLR Heritage Office.

Contact Dalkey Castle for more information on the Bloomsday Festival