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DUBLIN: ONE CITY, ONE BOOK: EVENTS (continued) ABOUT THE BOOK

JOYCEAN TOUR OF CEMETERY FARMLEIGH, is Joyce at his most direct and his most accessible. Any reader Following upon ’s designation as , the heart of the in the may pick it up and enjoy these fifteen stories about the lives, loves, small UNESCO City of Literature, what more Hibernian necropolis, has many links to Area – exhibition of rare books from the triumphs and great failures of its ordinary citizens without the trepidation James Joyce’s life and writing. From the Benjamin Iveagh Library. Wed-Sun & appropriate title could there be for Dublin: Hades Chapter in , which takes Bank Holidays from 1 April. 10am-4.30pm that might be felt on opening, say, Ulysses, famed for its impenetrabil- One City, One Book 2012 than James place in the cemetery, to the family grave as part of the guided tour. Further ity and stream-of-consciousness hyperbole. At the same time, although Joyce’s DUBLINERS! which is the final resting place of his information Tel: 01 8155981 Also Joycean simply written, there is great depth and many levels to the stories, in parents; walk through the life, time and exhibition by contemporary Japanese which the characters – young, middle-aged and old – are revealed, to imagination of James Joyce. photographer Motoko Fujita. Admission Joyce is the city’s most celebrated lit- Daily throughout April at 1pm. Tickets free themselves, or sometimes only to the reader, in all their frail humanity. erary son and his masterly collection €10 include a visit to Glasnevin Museum THE , 35 NORTH GREAT •The Sisters•••••Two Gallants• of short stories gives a remarkable JOYCEAN WALKING TOURS GEORGE’S STREET insight into the lives of a disparate group of Dublin citizens in the early Echoes of Joyce’s Dublin. Paintings •••Counterparts••• The James Joyce Centre offers Joycean part of the twentieth century. walking tours of the city every Tuesday, by artist Peter Pearson explore the •Ivy Day in the Committee Room•••• Thursday and Saturday. Please Hibernian metropolis – the subject of all For readers who may be daunted by Joyce’s more famous novels, visit www.jamesjoyce.ie for further of Joyce’s major works. Ulysses and , Dubliners is perhaps a more accessible ‘[Dubliners is] filled with humour and love, pain and loss. Above details.Tickets €10/€8. Booking not Mon-Sat: 10am-5pm, Sun: 12pm-5pm. introduction to the mind of one of the world’s greatest writers of fiction necessary. Tel: 01 8788547 Closed April 6 and 9. Admission free all, it rings out with a love of these streets, of the voices of the – and the programme of activities for this year’s festival provides many people who inhabit them, their wit, their style, their optimism EXHIBITIONS NATIONAL GALLERY OF IRELAND ROOM 1, avenues of approach to the author’s particular world view. MILLENNIUM WING, CLARE STREET even as the world collapses around them.’ As Lord Mayor, I am delighted to endorse this programme and I whole- CENTRAL LIBRARY, ILAC CENTRE, HENRY STREET Joyce’s Dubliners: the city as character – John Boyne, award-winning author of the international bestseller heartedly commend the wonderfully collaborative effort which makes An exhibition created by Glasnevin Works by Walter Osborne, Rose Barton, The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas cemetery historian Shane MacThomáis Jack Yeats, William Orpen and others Dublin: One City, One Book so successful. showing Joycean connections with evoking Dublin at the turn of the 20th Glasnevin Cemetery, both real and century. Richly drawn yet somewhat fictional. Mon-Thurs: 10am-8pm. Fri & melancholic studies of a down-at-heel city Sat: 10am-5pm. Closed 6th-9th April incl. populated by frustrated citizens. 2 April-15 ABOUT THE AUTHOR Admission free July, Mon-Sat: 9:30am-5:30pm; Thurs: 9:30am -8:30pm; Sun: 12pm-5:30pm; DUBLIN CITY LIBRARY & ARCHIVE, 138-144 Public Holidays: 10am-5:30pm. Closed James Joyce (1882–1941) is one of the most inter- PEARSE STREET 6 April. Admission free Dublin: One City, One Book is an award-winning initia- nationally known and influential Irish writers, whose Mapping Joyce 1882-1941 exhibition TRINITY COLLEGE LONG ROOM/BOOK OF KELLS tive, led by Dublin City Libraries which encourages everyone to read a book books, particularly the landmark Ulysses (1921), have created for ReJoyce 2004, with additional Small Joycean exhibition for the month connected with the capital city during the month of April every year. Enjoy panels on Dubliners. With Dublin as its of April. Mon-Sat: 9:30am-5:00pm; Sun: become the subject of worldwide scholarly study. His reading Dubliners this year and experience some of the wide variety of starting point the exhibition traces Joyce’s 12pm-4:30pm; (8 & 9 April, 12pm-4:30pm) other works include the short story collection, Dub- wanderings around Europe, and his events taking place. SPECIAL OFFER: Entry to Book of Kells/ influence on the world through translation liners (1914), and the novels A Portrait of the Artist as Old Library €6.50 per person in April Thanks to our partners The O’Brien Press, The James Joyce Centre, th th and publication of his works.16 -28 April a Young Man (1916) and Finnegans Wake (1939). He Dublin ­CityBIDs as well as , Fáilte Ireland and especially all Mon-Thurs: 10am-8pm. Fri & Sat: 10am- VARIOUS VENUES also wrote two books of poetry and a play, . 5pm. the organisations, venues, speakers and performers involved in this year’s Admission free Joyce in the City: Dubliners. View Joyce- Dubliners was first submitted to a publisher in 1905, but because of related artworks by Joseph Beuys, Amanda programme. , 18 Coogan, Conor McGarrigle, Mark Orange disputes over the contents of some of the stories, it was not published Borrow Dubliners from any branch of Dublin City Libraries or buy it from NORTH & Diter Rot in Joycean places such as until 1914. The final story, ‘The Dead’, was made into a film by John your favourite bookshop – available also in large print format, MP3, audio James Joyce’s Dubliners, a Sweny’s Pharmacy, O’Neill’s pub, O’Connell Huston in 1987. Visual Response & Contemporary Bridge, Gresham Hotel and Dublin City book and free audio download on www.dublincitypubliclibraries.ie Although he spent most of his adult life abroad, Joyce’s writing is cen- Contextualization by artist Des Kilfeather. Gallery the Hugh Lane.Curated by Christa- 19 March-19 May, Mon-Sat: 10am-5pm. Maria Lerm Hayes, m.lermhayes@. tred on Dublin. By way of explanation, he said: ‘For myself, I always Follow us on Sunday and Public Holidays: 11am-5pm. ac.uk 1 April-16 June, venue opening times. write about Dublin, because if I can get to the heart of Dublin I can get Standard admission fee applies Admission free to the heart of all the cities of the world. In the particular is contained the DUBLIN WRITERS MUSEUM, 18 PARNELL SQUARE SPECIAL OFFER ‘NOVEL’ CITY BREAK universal.’ DUBLIN: ONE CITY, ONE BOOK NORTH, At The Fitzwilliam Hotel, St. Stephen’s www.dublinonecityonebook.ie During April, a 1914 first edition of Green. Special offer of overnight break Dubliners will be on display in the Gallery with breakfast. Also includes entry www.dublinonecityonebook.ie of Writers with supporting material to for the Literary Pub Crawl and a €25 illustrate its history and publication. voucher to spend in Dubray Books, Mon-Sat: 10am-5pm. Sunday and Grafton Street. Special rate of €115pps Public Holidays: 11am-5pm. Standard incl complimentary wi fi, car park, all admission fee applies taxes and service charges. Subject to availability. Log onto www.fitzwilliamhoteldublin.com Entries in blue are part of the Dubliners story cycle, performed in various city venues. Be entertained as Fergus Cronin & historian Catriona Crowe evoke the atmosphere of DUBLIN: ONE CITY, ONE BOOK: EVENTS the time and provide historical context through readings, recorded music & imagery.

SUNDAY 1ST APRIL 3PM WEDNESDAY 4TH APRIL 6:30PM TUESDAY 10TH, WEDNESDAY 11TH, THURSDAY 12TH FRIDAY 13TH APRIL 8PM MONDAY 16TH APRIL 7.30PM Street. Admission free. Booking not TUESDAY 24TH APRIL 10:30AM SUNDAY 29TH APRIL 3PM An Introduction to James Joyce with Dubliners story cycle: a reading of ‘Grace’. APRIL 8PM Celebrating Dubliners – an evening of Dubliners story cycle: a reading of necessary Images of Dublin and its People with Niamh Extracts from Dubliners and Joyce’s Terence Killeen, Research Scholar, The Library, 157 Lwr Rathmines A rehearsed staged reading of James music and literature celebrating James ‘An Encounter’ with a talk by Fr. MacNally, Assistant Curator, Prints and play, Exiles performed by TH James Joyce Centre. National Gallery Road. Admission free. Booking Joyce’s ‘The Dead’. Bighand Productions’ Joyce’s Dubliners. Delight in the music of Bruce Bradley, Joycean scholar. FRIDAY 20 APRIL 9PM Drawings. National Gallery of Ireland, Theatre Group in the beautiful Edwardian of Ireland, Clare Street. Admission free. essential. Tel: 01 4973539 Email: actors bring Joyce’s characters to life Dubliners and be inspired as well known , 6 Great Denmark Dubliners story cycle: a reading of ‘Two Clare Street. Admission free. Booking not surroundings of the Halla Mór in the Pearse Booking not necessary [email protected] with music from the era. Bewley’s Café personalities The Dubliners folk group, Street. Admission free. Booking Gallants.’ United Arts Club, 3 Upper necessary Museum. , St. Enda’s Park, Theatre, Grafton Street. Admission Peter Sheridan, Noel O’Grady, David essential. Tel: 01 6744862, Email: Fitzwilliam Street. Admission free. Grange Road, Rathfarnham. Admission ND TH TH TH MONDAY 2 APRIL UNTIL SATURDAY 28 APRIL WEDNESDAY 4 APRIL 6:30PM €10 (Conc €8) Tel: 086 4089453 McSavage, Shannon Colleens and more, [email protected] Booking essential. Tel: 01 6611411 TUESDAY 24 APRIL 1:10-1:50PM free. Booking essential. Tel: 01 4934208 JOYCED! written by Donal O’Kelly, Echoes of Joyce’s Dublin: Paintings Email: [email protected] bring these iconic short stories to life. Email: [email protected] Dubliners – in their own words. Heirlooms TH TH performed by Katie O’Kelly – a whirlwind by Peter Pearson. The James Joyce National Concert Hall, Earlsfort Terrace. TUESDAY 17 APRIL 10:30AM and Hand-Me-Downs: Tales from Dublin’s SUNDAY 29 APRIL 3PM ST odyssey through the people and events of Centre, 35 North Great George’s Street. TUESDAY 10TH APRIL 4:30PM Booking essential. Admission: €25, €20 The Significance of Trivial Things – SATURDAY 21 APRIL 9:50AM Liberties with Chris Reid, Artist and Joyce and . Actor Barry Joycean Dublin in 1904. Bewley’s Café Admission free. Booking essential. Dubliners story cycle: a reading of ‘After (Conc. available) Tel: 01 4170000 Painting Modern Life 1900-1914 with Dublin in James Joyce’s Time – Study Folklorist. McGovern discusses the Joyce family’s Theatre, Grafton Street. Mon-Sat: 1.10pm Tel: 01 8788547 www.jamesjoyce.ie The Race’. The Bailey Bar, 1-4 Duke www.nch.ie Janet McLean, Curator of European Art Morning. In the Gallery Lecture Theatre Council Chamber, City Hall, Dame Street. association with the Chapelizod area – ‘A (doors open 12.50pm). Tickets (not incl Street. Admission free. Booking not 1850-1950. Prof Luke Gibbons and Prof Declan Admission free. Booking not necessary. Painful Case’, Finnegans Wake and Joyce’s TH TH lunch): €8 Mon, €10 Tues-Thurs, €12 THURSDAY 5 APRIL 1:00PM necessary SATURDAY 14 APRIL 10AM-4PM National Gallery of Ireland, Clare Kiberd will explore literary, artistic and Info email: [email protected] reference to the Phoenix Park Murders. Fri-Sat. Lunch (€4) available at venue. Songs from Dubliners & Joyce’s Dubliners’ Day Out – with THE FLYING Street. Admission free. Booking not historical background to this period. Farmleigh, Castleknock. Admission free. TH Booking tel: 086 8784001 Dublin with James Barry (baritone) & BOOK CLUB. Talk on Dubliners in the necessary National Gallery of Ireland, Clare TUESDAY 24 APRIL 6:30PM Booking essential. Email: farmleighinfo@ WEDNESDAY 11TH APRIL 1PM www.bewleyscafetheatre.com Margot Doherty (piano). 45 minutes Little Museum of Dublin; guided walking Street. Booking Essential. Admission Dubliners story cycle: a reading of opw.ie. approx. Central Library, Ilac Centre, A tour of Joyce’s Dublin starting in the tour of Dubliners’ Dublin. Horse drawn TUESDAY 17TH APRIL 1:10-1:50PM €25 (Students €15) from Gallery Shop, ‘Counterparts’. The National Library of Info tel: 01 8155981 MONDAY 2ND APRIL, 6:30PM Henry Street. Admission free. National Gallery with Jim O’Callaghan, carriage ride to Usher’s Island to the Dubliners – in their own words. The North Tel: 01 6633518. Info: Education Dept, Ireland, Kildare Street. Admission free. TH Some Kind of Eastern Western: Tracking Booking essential. Tel: 01 8734333 Art Historian. Meeting Point: Clare Street House of The Dead followed by an Strand Bombing: Stories from Dublin’s Tel: 01 6633504/5 or [email protected] Booking not necessary SUNDAY 29 APRIL 3PM ‘The Dead’ from Los Angeles to the Bay Email: [email protected] Information Desk, National Gallery of exploration of ‘The Dead’ with readings Blitz with Ellen Murphy, Senior Archivist, The Literary Scene in Dublin in the Early 20th ST TH of Naples – talk by Prof Kevin Barry (NUI Ireland, Clare Street. Admission free. from a Dublin actor. Dress in costume if Dublin City Archives. Council Chamber, SATURDAY 21 APRIL 3PM WEDNESDAY 25 APRIL 1PM Century with Dr Malcolm Sen (NUI Galway) TH Galway). Followed by Dubliners story THURSDAY 5 APRIL 6:30PM Booking essential. Email: education@ you wish! City Hall, Dame Street. Admission free. Joyce and His Ramblings in the Phoenix Dubliners story cycle: a reading of ‘The National Gallery of Ireland, Clare Street. cycle: a reading of ‘The Sisters’. The Dubliners story cycle: a reading of ‘Clay’. ngi.ie Admission €75 pp. Places are limited. Booking not necessary. Info e-mail: Park. Dr John McCullen, Chief Park Boarding House’. Central Library, Ilac Admission free. Booking not necessary James Joyce Centre, 35 North Great Drumcondra Library, Millmount Avenue, Booking closes on 7th April. Info and [email protected] Superintendent, discusses Joyce’s Centre, Henry Street. Admission free. WEDNESDAY 11TH APRIL 7:30PM TH George’s Street. Drumcondra. Admission free. Booking booking www.flyingbookclub.ie or connections with the Phoenix Park. Booking essential. Tel: 01 8734333, MONDAY 30 APRIL 6:30PM Dubliners story cycle: a reading of ‘Araby’. TH Admission free. Booking essential. essential. Tel: 01 8377206 Email: tel: 083 4288286 WEDNESDAY 18 APRIL 6PM Farmleigh, Castleknock. Admission Email: [email protected] Joyce, Dubliners and the Melancholy of Tel: 01 8788547 www.jamesjoyce.ie [email protected] Irish Writers’ Centre, 19 Parnell Square. James Joyce and : Two free. Booking essential. Email: Empire – talk by Prof Nicholas Allen (NUI TH Admission free. Booking not necessary SATURDAY 14TH APRIL 6:30PM Contrarian Dubliners – talk by Anthony J [email protected]. Info tel: THURSDAY 26 APRIL 6PM Galway). The James Joyce Centre, TH TUESDAY 3RD APRIL 10:30AM FRIDAY 6 APRIL 1:10PM Dubliners story cycle: a reading of ‘A Jordan. Dublin City Library & Archive, 01 8155981 Joyce in the City – award winning writer 35 North Great George’s Street. Drawings of Dublin Architecture at the ‘A Little Cloud’ – a performance by TH Little Cloud’. Old Jameson Distillery, 138-144 Pearse Street. Admission free. Christine Dwyer Hickey discusses the Admission free. Booking essential. THURSDAY 12 APRIL 6:30PM ND th SUNDAY 22 APRIL 3PM influence of Joyce and Dublin on her work. Turn of the 20 Century – lecture by Joycean theatrical adaptations specialists What We Talk About When We Talk Bow Street, Smithfield. Admission free. Booking essential. Tel: 01 6744806, Tel: 01 8788547 www.jamesjoyce.ie Joyce and his Place in Modernism – talk 26 Lower Abbey Street. Simon Lincoln, Exhibitions Officer, Irish Balloonatics Theatre Co. Dublin Writers About Joyce – writers Dermot Bolger, Booking essential. Tel 01 6744862 or 01 6744800 Email: dublincitylibraries@ , by Dr Sam Slote (TCD). MONDAY 30TH APRIL 7PM Architectural Archive. National Gallery Museum, 18 Parnell Square North. Chris Binchy, Claire Kilroy and Paul Email: [email protected] dublincity.ie National Gallery Tickets €3/Free to members. Booking , Clare Street. Exploring Death in Dubliners – talk by Dr of Ireland, Clare Street. Admission free. Standard admission fee applies. Murray discuss the influence of Joyce of Ireland Admission free. essential at Abbey Box Office tel: TH TH TH Booking not necessary 01 8787222 or www.abbeytheatre.ie Gerard Dineen. National Library Booking not necessary Booking not necessary and Dubliners on their work. The James SUNDAY 15 APRIL 3PM THURSDAY 19 & FRIDAY 20 APRIL 7PM Introducing Dubliners – a lecture by Prof Café Chantant: Songs from Dubliners of Ireland, Kildare Street. Joyce Centre, 35 North Great George’s TH TH SUNDAY 22ND APRIL 3PM THURSDAY 26 APRIL 6:30PM Admission free. Booking not necessary TUESDAY TO FRIDAY FOR THE MONTH OF APRIL SUNDAY 8 APRIL 3PM Street. Admission free. Booking Anne Fogarty (UCD). National Gallery of –Sinead Murphy and Darina Gallagher ‘Ivy Day in the Committee Room’ Dubliners story cycle: a reading of ‘Eveline’. 1PM Musical Events in Joyce’s Dubliners – essential. Tel: 01 8788547 Ireland, Clare Street. perform musical airs from Joyce’s read by Fergus Cronin at the grave of Library, Road, Raheny. BIKE TOURS Reading Dubliners – daily drop-in reading lecture by Adrian Le Harivel, Curator of www.jamesjoyce.ie Admission free. Booking not necessary haunting collection of stories. The group. Sweny’s Pharmacy, 1 Lincoln British Art. National Gallery of Ireland, James Joyce Centre, 35 North Great Charles Stewart Parnell followed by a Admission free. Booking essential. TH DUBLIN CITY BIKE TOURS Place. Admission free. Booking not Clare Street. Admission free. Booking THURSDAY 12TH APRIL 7PM MONDAY 16 APRIL 2PM George’s Street. Tickets €15 (€12 conc). Joycean tour of the cemetery led by Tel: 01 8315521, Email: rahenylibrary@ historian Shane MacThomáis. With a special focus on Dublin’s literary necessary not necessary Dubliners: Deadly Sins and Decent James Joyce’s Dublin – Walking Tour. Booking essential. Tel: 01 8788547 Glasnevin dublincity.ie Celebrate James Joyce and walk with www.jamesjoyce.ie Museum, Road, Glasnevin. heritage. Meet outside Isaac’s Hostel, 2-5 People in the House of The Dead, TH RD TH THURSDAY 26 APRIL 8PM Frenchman’s Lane, off Lower Gardiner TUESDAY 3 APRIL 6:30PM TUESDAY 10 APRIL 10:30AM Usher’s Island. THE FLYING BOOK historian in the footsteps of his Admission free. Booking essential. TH Readings from Dubliners and Joycean Street. Each Friday in April at 10am. Dubliners story cycle: a reading of ‘A Some of the Characters in the Work CLUB explores Dubliners – in the very best known characters around the city THURSDAY 19 APRIL 7PM Email: [email protected] or songs performed by actor Jonathan Ryan Charge from €20. Booking tel: 087 Painful Case’. Pembroke Library, of James Joyce – lecture by Dr Vivien house Joyce encoded in his masterpiece, which inspired him. Duration: 90 minutes. Dubliners: Deadly Sins and Decent Tel: 01 8826550 and singer Barry Gleeson. Rathfarnham 1341866 or www.dublincitybiketours.com Anglesea Road, . Admission Igoe, author of James Joyce’s Dublin ‘The Dead’. Admission €18. Full info & Meet at the statue of James Joyce, People in the House of The Dead, MONDAY 23RD APRIL 1:10-1:50PM Castle, Rathfarnham Road. Admission free. Booking essential. Tel: 01 6689575 Houses and ’s Galway. booking www.flyingbookclub.ie or tel: North Earl Street. Admission free. Usher’s Island. THE FLYING BOOK Dubliners story cycle: a reading of ‘Ivy free. Booking essential. Tel: 01 4939462 WALKING TOURS Email: [email protected] National Gallery of Ireland, Clare Street. 083 4288286 Booking not necessary CLUB explores Dubliners – in the very Admission free. Booking not necessary house Joyce encoded in his masterpiece, Day In The Committee Room’. Council TH SATURDAY 28TH APRIL 3PM DUBLINERS SELF-GUIDED AUDIO WALK WEDNESDAY 4TH APRIL 1PM THURSDAY 12TH APRIL 7:30PM MONDAY 16 APRIL 6:30PM ‘The Dead’. Admission €18. Info www. Chamber, City Hall, Dame Street. TUESDAY 10TH APRIL 1:10-1:50PM Admission free. Booking not Dublin, Distilleries and ‘The Dead’ talk by Explore the city’s streets, including the Poetry Readings – Joyce and Musical Theatre Performance of ‘The The Heart of Joyce’s Dublin – talk by flyingbookclub.ie or tel: 083 4288286 Dubliners – in their own words. The Frank Shovlin, University of Liverpool. historic locations and buildings in which Contemporary Poetry by Joe Woods, Dead’– Balloonatics Theatre Co. presents artist, historian and conservationist Peter necessary Dublin Urban Folklore Project: Tales Pearson. FRIDAY 20TH APRIL 7PM-10PM Farmleigh, Castleknock. Admission free. Joyce set his classic short story collection. Director, Poetry Ireland. National Gallery James Joyce’s ‘The Dead’ with musical from the Tenements with Dr. Cristoir , 35 North With Dubliners as its theme, Café Joly MONDAY 23RD APRIL 8PM Booking essential. Email: farmleighinfo@ Told by a cast led by actor Barry Mc Govern, of Ireland, Clare Street. Admission free. and vocal accompaniment. Farmleigh, The James Joyce Centre MacCarthaigh (UCD). Council Chamber, Great George’s Street. hosts an evening of readings, poetry Dubliners story cycle: a reading of ‘A opw.ie. Info tel: 01 8155981 See www.wonderlandtheatre.com for more Booking not necessary Castleknock. Admission free. Booking Admission free. information. Available daily from 10am- City Hall, Dame Street. Admission free. essential. Email: [email protected]. Booking essential. Tel: 01 8788547 and music with food and wine. Call in Mother.’ Library, Ballymun 4pm at the Dublin Writers Museum, 18 Booking not necessary. Info email: Tel 01 8155981. www.jamesjoyce.ie anytime between 7:00pm to 10:00pm Road. Admission free. Booking [email protected] National Library of Ireland, Kildare essential. Tel: 01 8421890 or Email: Parnell Square North. Price from €10 [email protected]