Joycean guides Dr. Michael Quinn and Billy Fitzpatrick will lead you on this fascinating Bloomsday Festival walking tour through Dublin’s North City following the exact route of 'the superior, the very reverend' Father John Conmee S.J. in the 'Wandering Rocks' episode of Ulysses.
The tour route includes Mountjoy Square, Great Charles Street, North Circular Road, North Richmond Street, Portland Row, Aldborough House, Five Lamps, North Strand Road, Newcomen Bridge, and Charleville Mall.
Tour 1: Gather at 10.15am. Departing at 10.25am with a finish time of around 12.30pm.
Tour 2: Gather at 2.45pm. Departing at 2:55pm (as per 'Wandering Rocks’) with a finish time of around 5pm.
The meeting point is in front of St. Francis Xavier's Church, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin 1.
Dr. Michael Quinn is the author of Araby House, James Joyce and all the neighbours on North Richmond Street, Dublin, 1820-1998 (James Joyce Centre, Dublin, 2023). The booklet is available to purchase for €15 at the Centre. Billy Fitzpatrick is an author and former President of the Teachers Union of Ireland.
The Bloomsday Festival is organised by The James Joyce Centre in partnership with Fáilte Ireland, Olhausen's Sausages, and the Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sports and Media.