77. Bloomsday 2024: Part 2 - Drumcondra Performances

Episode 77 is also dedicated to Gerry Enright, Kerryman, lover of life,
literature and Dublin, with us from March 19, 1960 to July 8, 2019.

Episode 77 is the final instalment of Bloomsweek 2024 (or should that be
Bloomsfortnight?) and features performances from the annual Drumcondra
Joycean Jaunt on the 120th anniversary of Bloomsday. It is the second part
of the Bloomsday 2024 recordings with Episode 74 being the first part.

Drumcondra Joycean Jaunters convened at the current day shrine of the
Blessed Virgin in Our Lady’s Park on the banks of the Tolka, across from
Fagan’s, to celebrate the day. They followed the short route taken by
Stephen Dedalus to his home on Millbourne Avenue. There, under the shadow
of the Drumcondra Library, they celebrated the day in the spirit of the
first Bloomsday “jant” held 70 years ago in 1954, when amongst others,
Patrick Kavanagh (whose first Dublin home was in Drumcondra), set out on a
Ulyssesean pilgrimage.

The Ireland Podcast would like to express huge gratitude to Jerome Corby
and friends for their efforts in the recording of this podcast. Jerome
hosts his own podcast called ‘Country - What It Is’. Definitely worth
checking out for all you lovers of American Country Music.