the james joyce centre

The James Joyce Centre is housed in a beautifully restored Georgian house, built for the Earl of Kenmare in 1784 and magnificently decorated with plasterwork by Michael Stapleton. The Centre includes an exhibition area with computer installations, videos, recreations of period rooms, and items relating to the life and works of James Joyce. Of particular interest are a copy of Joyce’s death mask; the furniture from Paul Léon’s apartment in Paris where Joyce worked on Finnegans Wake; and the front door from No. 7 Eccles Street, the address at which the Bloom family live in Joyce’s novel Ulysses. The Centre hosts lectures, temporary exhibitions, and Joyce-related events, particularly the annual Bloomsday festival on and around 16 June each year. The Centre also organises Joycean walking tours of the city throughout the year.