Happy Bloomsday Maps

James Joyce's epic new Ulysses depicts the actions together with thoughts of Leopold Bloom together with other characters during 1 day, 16 June 1904. On June 16th each twelvemonth Joyce devotees roughly the globe similar to celebrate the occasion amongst readings, re-enactments together with the occasional drink. If y'all would similar to stimulate got business office inwards an number together with thence y'all tin notice your nearest Bloomsday number on The James Joyce Centre's Event Calendar.


In 'Ulysses' Leopold Bloom genuinely posed an interesting mapping problem. He mused that a "Good puzzle would last cross Dublin without passing a pub". This mightiness audio similar an easily solved routing problem. However the number of pubs inwards Dublin makes this a pretty daunting challenge.

One means to create upward one's hear the location of pubs inwards Dublin is to hold off at OpenStreetMap. We tin speedily exercise that inwards Overpass Turbo, a neat tool for finding together with extracting amenities together with features information from OpenStreetMap. If y'all opened upward up the enquiry 'Wizard' inwards Overpass Turbo together with type inwards 'Pub inwards Dublin' y'all tin thought all the pubs inwards Dublin on OpenStreetMap. As y'all tin run across from the piffling map extract higher upward at that spot are a lot of places to larn a potable inwards Dublin.


Maps on Kindle wasn't position off past times the complexity of Bloom's puzzle. In How to Cross Dublin Without Passing a Pub the Kindle Maps weblog non exclusively proves that is is possible to cross Dublin without passing a pub it also shows y'all the route. At the real to the lowest degree y'all tin purpose the map every bit a conduct of streets to avoid on a nighttime out inwards Dublin.


If y'all don't fancy a pub gratis walk inwards Dublin y'all could instead celebrate Bloomsday past times visiting some of the locations inwards Dublin featured inwards the novel.

Walking Ulysees is a Google Map that traces the movements of the 2 principal protagonists, Stephen Dedalus together with Leopold Bloom, every bit they negotiate Dublin from early on inwards the morning time until they retire early on the adjacent morning.

Pick a chapter from the new together with y'all tin thought the characters' movements on the map, the notable buildings visited or passed together with the relevant passage from the text. At times the text is also supplemented past times audio together with images from Joyce's Dublin.


Walking Ulysees could last used every bit a dandy walking conduct to Joyce's Dublin. However if y'all can't larn to Dublin don't despair. Instead purpose Joyce Walks to create a James Joyce walk for your ain neighborhood.

Using Joyce Walks y'all tin generate a walking road for whatever location inwards the globe based on remapping routes from Ulysses. Joyce Walks provides y'all amongst a handy Google Map which shows y'all the road of your walk together with which includes map markers at pregnant points along the walk amongst excerpts from Joyce's novel.