![]() ![]() Ulysses(where Leopold Bloom buys a bar of lemon soap), but the closing pages of This year, we wanted to do something bigger,” says Wendy Conroy of Sweny’s. We had 25 people for food in Sweny’s, while another 25 watched the film version of The Dead in a private cinema – and then we swapped around. ![]() ![]() “Last year, we held it in two places because we had a capacity of 50. He later explained to his brother Stanislaus that epiphanies were "little errors and gestures – mere straws in the wind – by which people betrayed the very things they were most careful to conceal". The Portrait of the Artist As A Young Man, Stephen speaks about moments of epiphany, which Joyce equated with moments of spiritual revelation. Given his contempt for the Catholicism of his time, it is likely Joyce was referring to his own extrapolation of the word as much as the Christian feast day. As well as being Nollaig na mBan (a day when women traditionally took a rest from housework), January 6th is the date of the Epiphany. Joyce probably chose the date deliberately. Those familiar with the author will know the first week of the year has a direct link to Joyce. In 2012, the focus has been on the lifting of EU copyright restrictions, allowing publication and performance of all his major works for free. THE CHAMPAGNE corks had barely fallen silent on January 1st and James Joyce was already taking up headlines and column inches. ![]()
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