A Bloomsday pitch and putt
The sixteenth of June is the day on which James Joyce set . If you aren't able to attend any Joyce-themed events today, you can dip into the Ö÷²¥´óÐã radio archive and listen to Edna O'Brien talking about Joyces real and imagined women, Declan Kiberd talking about modernity and Joyce's Ireland, and David Norris talking about Joyce and Ö÷²¥´óÐãr -- three wonderful twenty minute talks recorded for Ö÷²¥´óÐã Radio 3 back in 2004. You can also watch this short film by Bórd Scannán na hEireann in which Beckett and Joyce play pitch and putt while waiting for someone. The usual warnings and caveats about adult themes and language apply: if you are likely to be offended by Joyce's way with words, you might try golf instead.
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Is it not correct that the events that Joyce recalls in Ulysses actually happened on 15th June 1904 because when he was researching the book he looked at the newspapers of 16th June instead of 17th June?
Christopher: the events didn't "actually happen", right? I havent heard anything about this newspaper misreading you mention. Do you have any further details on that? Sounds interesting.
What I mean is the historical events that happened in Dublin on that particular day and which are woven into the 'plot' of Ulysses. I'm certain I have heard this before.