Episode 74 features guest interviewer Jerome Corby as he chats with attendants of the annual Drumcondra Joycean Jaunt on the 120th anniversary of Bloomsday.

Drumcondra Joycean Jaunters convened at the current day shrine of the Blessed Virgin in Our Lady’s Park on the banks of the Tolka, across from Fagan’s, to celebrate the day. They followed the short route taken by Stephen Dedalus to his home on Millbourne Avenue. There, under the shadow of the Drumcondra Library, they celebrated the day in the spirit of the first Bloomsday “jant” held 70 years ago in 1954, when amongst others, Patrick Kavanagh (whose first Dublin home was in Drumcondra), set out on a Ulyssesean pilgrimage.

The Ireland Podcast would like to express huge gratitude to Jerome for his efforts in the recording of this podcast. Jerome hosts his own podcast called ‘Country - What It Is’. Definitely worth checking out for all you lovers of American Country Music.

Editing by Fender Jackson. Featured song ‘Rose Of Tralee’ (Edward Mordaunt Spencer and Charles William Glover) performed by Fender Jackson and recorded on Bloomsday 2024.

Relevant Links

https://www.bloomsdayfestival.ie/event/drumcondra-joycean-jaunt-2/

https://jamesjoyce.ie/

https://www.bloomsdayfestival.ie/

https://open.spotify.com/show/36vYXjUXAhoKal1SldsNDq?si=c85776a0b45b4c83

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Episode 73 is a continuation of Bloomsweek as Fender Jackson interrogates an unsuspecting Jo Hamill just as she completes the installation of her ‘Gutter Words: Art Exhibition’ in the James Joyce Centre in this unusually short publication.

Jo is an artist, graphic designer and the Head of Art & Design in the Leeds School of Arts at Leeds Beckett University.

Conversation includes introductions; North Yorkshire; what is ‘Gutter Words’; what are “gutter” words; the history of the project as well as other topics.

Relevant Links

https://gutterwords.com

https://jamesjoyce.ie

https://www.bloomsdayfestival.ie

https://andyprisney.wixsite.com/andyprisney

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Episode 72 takes us to the James Joyce Centre at 35 North Great George’s Street, Dublin where Fender Jackson is given a tour by Dr. Josh Q. Newman. The centre was built in 1784 for Valentine Brown, 1st Earl of Kenmare, who used it as his townhouse.

Conversation includes: introductions; front of the James Joyce Centre; Lucia Joyce; David Nolan; artist and walkabout tour guide Jim Ward; Andy Prisney; the Maginni Room; Mamalujo exhibition; Ezra Pound; Finnegan’s Wake; Terence Killeen; the courtyard and door from 7 Eccles Street, the now-demolished home of Leopold Bloom; footleaf; Ulysses Mural by Paul Joyce; timeline; Jo Hamill’s installation; posters; Leah and Mrs. Bandmann Palmer; Tom’s Directory; National Library of Ireland; the old library; cupid the meme and Diane; Suzanne Freeman; Kenmare Room; Jacques-Émile Blanche; John McCormack; 'CONNEXIONS: The Sidewalks of Dublin' by Paula Pohli; Paul Léon Furniture; Joyce’s death mask; Volta room; the Rémi Rosseau exhibition and other topics.

Relevant Links

https://jamesjoyce.ie/

Additional Links

https://www.leedsbeckett.ac.uk/staff/dr-jo-hamill/

https://www.stoneyroadpress.com/books-and-poetry/the-dead

https://galwaytrails.ie/about-jim/

https://www.davidnowlan.com/

https://andyprisney.wixsite.com/andyprisney

https://www.paulapohli-art.com/connexions

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