As the 2001 Bloomsday schedule is finalized, we will adjust our outings accordingly. The actual Bloomsday itself is filled with exciting literary events too numerous to mention all here. For example, the James Joyce Centre begins the day with the Guinness Bloomsday Breakfast, accompanied by readings from the book throughout the day by poets, politicians, academics, and actors. Walking Tours along routes from Ulysses are given at various times. The Balloonatics Theatre Company celebrates Bloomsday on the streets at local establishments with re-enactments from scenes from the novel at the original locations.
Events go well into the night.
The group will leave Dublin for a trip through the West of Ireland. Details are still in the works, but sites under consideration include the Famine Museum in County Roscommon, Killarney, Cork, and Galway. The group moves to Harlaxton Manor, Grantham, Lincolnshire, on 30 miles from Lawrence Country. The group will take a field trip to the D.H. Lawrence Center, University of Nottingham and to Eastwood and the surrounding area. We will walk the Blue Line Trail, a tourist trail in Eastwood, taking the form of a line painted on the roadside which follows a route passing the various sites associated with him and his writings.