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Joycean Dublin

4/8/2015

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I was walking around Dublin on Good Friday and came across this interesting plaque on the side of a house at Harold's Cross. We have all seen plaques on houses for famous figures however it was the first time I had seen one to mark that a fictitious person lived in a particular dwelling. Leopold Bloom is the protagonist from James Joyce's Ulysses. Unsurprisingly there are many activities that Joyce enthusiasts can partake in around Dublin.

I particularly like how the plaque describes Bloom as a wanderer.

I have read Dubliners and have often given a copy as a birthday gift to friends. I never read Ulysses but felt compelled to buy a copy about five years ago when my Czech friend told me she was reading a copy in her native language. The lady who served me that day remarked as I was receiving my change "It'll look good on the bookshelf". 

It's still there unopened. 
 
   
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