Bloomsday Re-enacted

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This giclee is from an original watercolour painting

This is a limited edition of 25 Artist Proofs (A/P) giclee prints of the original paintings, each signed and numbered by the artist and sent rolled and ready for framing.

The original watercolour painting is my interpretation of the first re-enactment of Bloomsday on 16th June 1954, when five men got together in Dublin to attempt to trace the steps of some of the

characters in Ulysses, on 16th June 1904, from James Joyce's novel.

The five were Anthony Cronin, writer; Paddy Kavanagh, poet; John Ryan, author and publican; Brian O'Nolan, (aka Myles Na gCopalleen/ Flann O'Brien) comic author and satirist and a dentist named Joyce (possible cousin). This painting is based on a photograph of them taken on Sandymount strand.

They were unable to complete the full tour. ©

Artist/Photographer: Roger Cummiskey

Category: Art | People

Uploaded: 20 September 2007

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Keywords: sea, literature, strand, dublin, ireland

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