eve of bloomsday
15th june 2023
Begin your Joycean celebrations on the eve of Bloomsday, 15th June in Dalkey Castle & Heritage Centre. A team of actors will perform enlightening extracts from Ulysses, Dubliners and A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man. Tenor, Matthew Gilsenan and Soprano, Donna Malone will be accompanied by Josh Johnston in songs that James Joyce sang, or which feature in his work. Refreshments will be served.
Bloomsday Festival is supported by Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council.
bloomsday – 16th june 2023
On Bloomsday, 16th June, the Nestor Episode from Ulysses will be brought to life before your eyes in a memorable dramatisation featuring Mr Deasy (Headmaster), and Stephen Dedalus (James Joyce) at 15.30. The schoolroom where the scene is set is nearby on Dalkey Avenue. There are other surprising Dalkey connections with Joyce which will be uncovered in the Guided Joycean Walk led by an expert Guide immediately after the performance.
Bloomsday Festival is supported by Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council.
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Hear all about other surprising Dalkey connections to James Joyce with our Joycean expert, Joe Dunne. Joyce’s father John Stanislaus lived in Dalkey, having left Cork. He kept a boat in Coliemore and competed in the Dalkey Regatta. Savour the setting at the Clifton School where, “On his wise shoulders through the checkerwork of leaves the sun flung spangles, dancing coins.”
Bloomsday Festival is supported by Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council.
Dalkey is on the coast, just south of Dublin City Centre. The DART journey is a relaxing experience travelling along the beautiful coast line with magnificent sea views.
Dalkey is approx. 30-35 minutes from Connolly, Tara or Pearse stations (travelling south).
Dalkey Castle postcode for Google Maps is A96 DE61.
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