Fans from around the world celebrate Bloomsday 2010 today to appreciate James Joyce’s classic novel “Ulysses.” The masterpiece “Ulysses” follows Leopold Bloom as he wanders Sandycove on June 16th, 1904.
A small group first celebrated Bloomsday on June 16th 1954. Brian O’Nolan lead the group, which included poet Patrick Kavanagh, critic Anthony Cronin, a dentist named Tom Joyce (Joyce’s cousin), and John Ryan, a painter and businessman. Originally planning to take horse-drawn buggies around Dublin to visit the locations mentioned in the book, the tour ended at Bailey’s pub largely due to the earlier-then-intended intoxication of the members involved.
