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Dublin City Council is inviting residents to a special Celebration of Bloomsday on Thursday, 18 June 2026, from 7:00 pm to 8:00 pm (see poster)

The evening will bring together literature and music in true Joycean spirit. Barry McGovern, one of Ireland’s finest actors and a legendary interpreter of Joyce, will give a short reading from Ulysses, bringing Leopold Bloom’s Dublin vividly to life.

He will be accompanied by baritone Gerry Noonan, who will perform period songs with an authentic Joycean flavour, evoking the music, ballads and operatic echoes that run through Joyce’s great novel.

This promises to be a lovely hour of literature, song and celebration, whether you know Ulysses by heart or are discovering Joyce for the first time.

All are welcome.