“A Modest Proposal” is arguably Jonathan Swift’s most infamous work. Published in 1729, the satirical essay argues that the best solution to the poverty and overpopulation of Ireland was for the poor to sell their babies as food to the wealthy. 🧵(1/6)

Did you know that the words and idioms yahoo, lilliputian, a confederacy of dunces, and sweetness and light were all created by Jonathan Swift? Find out more about Swift in the James Joyce Centre’s online course starting 23 September. @jamesjoycecentre.bsky.social jamesjoyce.ie/events/jonat...

In honour of the 300th anniversary of Gulliver’s Travels, the James Joyce Centre is proud to present a six-week course on Jonathan Swift starting on 23 September. Click the link below for more details. jamesjoyce.ie/events/jonat...

Delighted to be part of this year's Bloomsday Festival with @ronanhession.bsky.social, Suzanne Savage, David Bremner, Gerry Fialka and a well-lubricated audience, who all gianed in with the shoutmost shoviality.

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Thank you to everyone who made Bloomsday Festival 2026 happen. Thank you to all the performers, speakers, and everyone who took part in all the wonderful Joycean festivities. We hope to see you at Bloomsday Festival 2026. #bloomsday #bloomsdayfestival

We partnered with Vintage Tea Trips to host a series of special Bloomsday Afternoon Tea Trips celebrating all things Dublin and James Joyce! #vintageteatrips #bloomsday #bloomsdayfestival

Some portraits of some of our readers from Bloomsday’s Readings and Songs this year. #bloomsday #bloomsdayfestival In collaboration with The James Joyce Centre and supported by Fáilte Ireland and The Department of Culture, Communications and Sport 📸: Robert Patynski

Readings and Songs from Ulysses in the heart of the city is an essential part of the Bloomsday experience. Colm O’Regan introduced the show, featuring a cast of noted Irish writers, actors, musicians, pundits, and everyone in between, reading extracts from Ulysses. #bloomsday #bloomsdayfestival

Bloomsday Villages: Ringsend & Irishtown – Boat Cruise of Dublin Bay In partnership with Dublin City Council’s South East Area Community Team and with support by the Ringsend & Irishtown Community Centre. #bloomsdayfestival #bloomsday #jamesjoyce #dublin

Songs of ReJoycing is an accessible, musical way into the novel and stars renowned musical theatre performers Mark O’Regan, Barbara Galvin, and Brian Gilligan, with musical direction by David O’Connor. #bloomsday #bloomsdayfestival

Amir Penman read from Proteus at Readings and Songs at Meeting House Square, Temple Bar. #bloomsdayfestival #bloomsday #jamesjoyce

Elaine Reddy performing at the Bloomsday Breakfast at Belvedere House. #bloomsday

Dr Martina Devlin reading from Scylla and Charybdis at Bloomsday Festival’s flagship event “Readings and Songs”. #bloomsday

The Ramparts performing at the Bloomsday Breakfast Belvedere House for Bloomsday. #bloomsdayfestival #bloomsday

Simone Kirby read from Eumaeus at Bloomsday’s Readings and Songs. #bloomsday #bloomsdayfestival

Aisling Breen read from Aeolus at Bloomsday’s Readings and Songs. #bloomsday #bloomsdayfestival #jamesjoyce

Sarah Devereux guided us through the mayhem of Circe at Bloomsday’s Readings and Songs. #bloomsday #bloomsdayfestival #jamesjoyce

Thank you to everyone who made Bloomsday Festival 2026 happen. Thank you to all the performers, speakers, and everyone who took part in all the wonderful Joycean festivities. We hope to see you at Bloomsday Festival 2026. #bloomsday #bloomsdayfestival

Eileene McLoughlin and violinist Stefano Bonvini performing at the James Joyce Centre during Bloomsday Festival. #bloomsdayfestival

Trinitones is an all-male a cappella group from Trinity College Dublin. They performed at the Bloomsday Festival launch this year.

Steve Hartland reading Oxen of the Sun at Bloomsday’s Readings and Songs. #bloomsday #bloomsdayfestival In collaboration with The James Joyce Centre and supported by Fáilte Ireland and The Department of Culture, Communications and Sport

Stephen James Smith reading Hades at Bloomsday’s Readings and Songs. #bloomsday #bloomsdayfestival In collaboration with The James Joyce Centre and supported by Fáilte Ireland and The Department of Culture, Communications and Sport

The @jamesjoycecentre.bsky.social was a hive of activity on Bloomsday! It’s open all year round. The James Joyce Centre is an educational charity, museum, and cultural institution which promotes the life, literature and legacy of one of the world’s greatest writers, James Joyce.

Tunney’s Bar, a pub founded in 1816, was referenced twice in Ulysses. Now known as The Oarsman, the pub had a Bloomsday Breakfast. #bloomsday #bloomsdayfestival #ringsend 📸: Aleksandra Schmidt

Jess Kav performing at Readings and Songs at Meeting House Square on Bloomsday. #bloomsday #bloomsdayfestival In collaboration with The James Joyce Centre and supported by Fáilte Ireland and The Department of Culture, Communications and Sport

Among our Bloomsday guests were Kate & Nuala, daughters of Alf MacLochlainn, former NLI Director, and poet Hugh McFadden, who attended the official opening of the James Joyce Tower & Museum in Sandycove during Bloomsday 1962. Thanks to everyone who helped make this year's celebration so special.

We were blown away by the standard of #Bloomsday attire on display this year. 👒 A huge thank you to everyone who stopped by our pop-up photo booth — we welcomed visitors of all ages, including an adorable baby #JamesJoyce!

In case you needed a post-Bloomsday pick-me-up... 📚🧁 The Library's mascot James has been busy baking Ulysses-inspired Banbury cakes. In Ulysses (Episode 8, Lestrygonians), Leopold Bloom buys two Banbury cakes and crumbles them into the Liffey for the gulls:

We're delighted that our Bloomsday celebrations were featured in The Irish Times! It was a glorious day, and a real pleasure to welcome so many visitors to the Library to celebrate the life and work of James Joyce. https://ow.ly/MHNR50ZcElN

In pictures: Dublin celebrates Bloomsday 2026

People have been marking the literary occasion with Edwardian dress and re-enactments from James Joyce’s Ulysses in the capital

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Celebrate Bloomsday today by exploring James Joyce’s world with our online exhibition ‘Dubliners: The Photographs of JJ Clarke’. This photographic series is a unique record of life in Dublin, Ireland, at the turn of the last century. https://ow.ly/rKVK50YOpeG

Online Exhibition | Dubliners: The Photographs of JJ Clarke

Online Exhibition | Dubliners: The Photographs of JJ Clarke Date Permanent Online Exhibition Location Online Category Exhibition Price Free View exhibition View exhibition Date Permanent Online Exhibition Location Online Category Exhibition Price Free View exhibition People at the junction of Nassau…

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