Bloomsday: Why James Joyce, Bloom and ‘Ulysses’ are celebrated in Ireland

Bloomsday: Why James Joyce, Bloom and ‘Ulysses’ are celebrated in Ireland

Bloomsday is a celebration of the Dublin wanderings of Leopold Bloom in the novel Ulysses Bloomsday is a celebration of the Dublin wanderings of James Joyce’s character Leopold Bloom in the novel Ulysses. Ulysses follows the life and thoughts of main character Leopold Bloom and a host of other characters – real and fictional –…