Ireland's Bloomsday Festival is on this month - 12th -18th of June.
Bloomsday is named after the protagonist Leopold Bloom from Joyce's seminal work Ulysses, which was published in 1920. The book is internationally considered to be a landmark literary achievement. Joyce used the model of Homer's The Odyssey to uniquely journey the trials and tribulations of the everyday man. Joyce invented the stream of consciousness style of writing through this work.
At the Bloomsday Festival, participating members of the public will dress up in Victorian era clothing, as Joyce himself or as various characters from Ulysses.
To find out what is happening as part of the festival this year, check out the link!
http://www.bloomsdayfestival.ie/whatisbloomsday
