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Enjoy a feast of James Joyce for Bloomsday

We celebrate James Joyce's literary masterpiece Ulysses

Bloomsday • 16 Jun

Katherine Lynch: 'It's a celebration that welcomes everyone into the world of James Joyce'

Katherine Lynch: the magic of Bloomsday, and finding joy in Joyce

Bloomsday is simply Bohemian bowler hat heaven in our beloved Dublin.

Bloomsday • 17 Jun

All day, and all of the night: Eileen Walsh

Culture 5 - your cultural highlights for the next seven days

Hear the Culture 5 every Friday on Aedín in the Afternoon on RTÉ lyric fm, from 1pm

Culture 5 • 13 Jun

Re: Joyce - Ulysses returns to the RTÉ airwaves for Bloomsday

Drama On One's Kevin Reynolds introduces the legendary RTÉ production of James Joyce's Ulysses, performed by the Radio Éireann Players, which returns to the airwaves for Bloomsday.

RTÉ Drama On One • 12 Jun

Enjoy a feast of James Joyce for Bloomsday

RTÉ celebrates James Joyce's Ulysses and Bloomsday, the annual day of celebrations for Joyce's masterpiece.

Bloomsday • 17 Jun 24

Tom Murphy and Mark O'Halloran in Adam & Paul

The Bloomsday Film Festival celebrates Adam and Paul at 20

The Bloomsday Film Festival, perhaps the most literary film festival in Ireland, have announced their programme of events for this year's event, which runs from 12th - 16th June.

Film • 31 May 24

Celebrate Bloomsday with a feast of James Joyce

Bloomsday • 13 Jun 23

Oscar winner Charlie Kaufman to attend Bloomsday Film Festival

Academy Award-winning filmmaker Charlie Kaufman is coming to Dublin this month, to screen his latest film at this year's Bloomsday Film Festival.

Film • 12 Jun 23

Sunday Miscellany: Ulysses as Sacred Text? by Declan Kiberd

On Joyce's faith, Bloomsday as holy day, and an intriguing alternative framework for the novel

Sunday Miscellany • 24 Jun 22

Nora Barnacle (Illustration: Ray Murphy)

Joyce County by Ray Burke - read an extract

Books • 16 Jun 22

Listen: Sunday Miscellany celebrates Ulysses at 100

Recently we recorded a live show from the Pavilion Theatre in Dun Laoghaire to mark a century of James Joyce's Ulysses. These are two of the pieces from that show and the remainder will feature in a special Ulysses celebratory programme on Sunday 19 June

Sunday Miscellany • 22 Jun 22

RTÉ celebrates Bloomsday - a Joycean feast as Ulysses turns 100

Ulysses • 16 Jun 22

James Joyce's Galway connection - the road to Joyce County

Bloomsday • 15 Jun 22

Sauntering with Joyce: Gerry and Daragh Dukes

Sauntering with Joyce – a special Lyric Feature for Bloomsday

The Lyric Feature • 14 Jun 22

Camilla George tours nationwide with Music Network

Culture 5 - your cultural highlights for the next seven days

Culture 5 • 10 Jun 22

Ulysses in 80 Days - are you ready for the ultimate summer read?

Ulysses • 31 Aug 22

The United States versus Ulysses - a Joycean courtroom drama

RTÉ Drama On One • 26 Jan 22

Bloomsday: What was the weather like on June 16th 1904?

Ulysses contains many weather references but as the sun sets on Bloomsday, let's dive into Met Éireann's historical records for June 16th, 1904 to see what the weather in Dublin was actually doing that day

Ulysses • 16 Jun 21

Listen: Dubliners - Drama On One presents a James Joyce classic

Bloomsday • 17 Jun 21

Watch: Bloomsday Festival's Readings and Songs

Bloomsday • 16 Jun 21

Watch: President Higgins and Sabina celebrate Bloomsday 2021

Bloomsday • 16 Jun 21

Watch: Caitriona Balfe reads Penelope from Ulysses

Via The James Joyce Centre, watch Outlander star Caitriona Balfe reading Penelope, the 18th and final episode of James Joyce's Ulysses...

Ulysses • 17 Jun 20

The original Bloomsday crew, circa 1954 - how many can you name? (See the answer below)

And how was your Bloomsday? We want to hear...

Now that Molly Bloom has said yes, are you basking in the afterglow?

Ulysses • 17 Jun 20

Lisa Lamb, Eamonn de Barra and John McLoughlin perform Down By the Salley Gardens

Watch: President Michael D Higgins' Bloomsday celebration

For Bloomsday 2020, President Michael D Higgins hosts what will be the first in a series of cultural performances that will highlight Irish art and creativity and make a call to support artists and performers at a time of crisis.

Ulysses • 19 Jun 20

Walking Out: With Nora by Mary Costello

To chime with Bloomsday, RTÉ Arts and Culture commissioned a series of short essays on walking out, the preferred way of the people of James Joyce's Ulysses to move through the city of Dublin where the novel is set.

Ulysses • 16 Jun 20