Bloomsday

When Celebrated

Always on June 16th

Gifty-ness

About the Holiday

Bloomsday commemorates the life of Irish writer James Joyce and the events in his novel Ulysses which took place on June 16th in 1904. The holiday was first celebrated in 1954 and its name comes from the Leopold Bloom, the main character in the novel.^[1] Events held in conjunction with this holiday include readings of Ulysses, pub crawls, James Joyce look-alike contests, and the retracing of Bloom's route around Dublin.

References

1. ↑ Wikipedia: Bloomsday

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