Early Joyceans in Dublin

Abstract

Today is the golden jubilee of Bloomsday and a fitting occasion on which to pay Ireland’s respects to James Joyce and his work. Only time will prove whether or not Ulysses is one of the world’s great novels. . . . He [ Joyce] has received from Ireland less than the official honour to which he is entitled. However, there are signs that this state of affairs is changing, and that as time passes, more domestic recognition may come his way. When the hundredth anniversary of Bloomsday comes around, Leopold Bloom either may be forgotten, or may stand in stony effigy as high as Nelson stands today. Irish Times, 16 June 1954