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15th Jun to 16th Jun

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Bloomsday Bruff June 16th 2010

The small town of Bruff in Co. Limerick will celebrate Bloomsday for the 3rd year running. Bloomsday is always celebrated on June 15th & 16th. (Joyce’s major work Ulysses is based on the wanderings of Leopold Bloom on June 16th 1904)Last year’s event was a major success and Bloomsday in Bruff is the major Bloomsday celebration in Ireland outside the capital.

There are street events, music, a Joycean Breakfast and a Bloomsday Dinner. This event is supported by The James Joyce Centre Dublin and the personal support of Senator David Norris. Many people in the town dress up in costumes typical of 1904.

With horse and carriage traffic in the Main Street, many people in the town dressed up in costumes typical of 1904 and No7 Eccles Street recreated (the home of Leopold Bloom in Ulysses).

A capacity crowd will sit down in the renovated Church of Ireland for a Joycean breakfast. A formal dinner is held in the evening. The day finishes with the singing of ’Love’s Old Sweet Song’ one of James Joyce’s favourite songs.

Three short Documentaries on James Joyce will be shown in Bruff on Bloomsday.

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    Miriam Barry - 22 Feb

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