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  1. The Joyce clan
    September 23, 09

    Although the surname Joyce may automatically be associated with author James Joyce, the name has an ancient past, with both Irish and Norman antecedents. Derived from the Brehon personal name Iodoc, which is a diminutive of iudh meaning lord, the name was adopted by the Normans in the form Josse.

  2. The battle over the U.S. publication of "Ulysses"
    August 15, 09

    Did you know "Ulysses," the literary masterpiece by James Joyce, might never have appeared on American bookshelves. The court case to get the book published in the U.S. involved one passionate Irishman, challenged the censorship of perhaps the greatest novel ever written, and changed the way Americans read.

  3. Dublin comes out to celebrate Bloomsday
    June 16, 09

    Edwardian costumes were dusted off and donned with pride in Dublin today as James Joyce fans took to the streets to celebrate Bloomsday.

  4. Irish wedding traditions
    May 27, 09

    Edythe Preet on the many Irish wedding traditions that make tying the knot Celtic style such a momentous occasion.

  5. Jewish Ireland in the Age of Joyce A Socioeconomic History
    March 10, 09

    As Ireland enters its own multicultural age, historians will surely begin showing greater curiosity about how previous ethnic minorities lived in Ireland. The most famous figure, of course, is Joyce's Jewish character Leopold Bloom, the main protagonist in "Ulysses." In his new book "Jewish Ireland in the Age of Joyce: A Socioeconomic History," Cormac O'Grada explores the rise and fall of a vibrant Irish community.

  6. Bloomsday on Broadway XXI
    March 10, 09

    NOW in its 16th year, the annual Bloomsday on Broadway festival on June 16 at Symphony Space on the Upper West Side has become one of the hottest tickets in the New York calendar. Celebrating both James Joyce and Ireland, it's a far cry from the other dried up celebrations of revered authors legendary watering hole McSorley's provides the ale, for example, and you never have to wait long to hear a song. Says festival host Isaiah Sheffer, "It's always a great deal of fun and a lot of work and we're just sending out the scripts now to the 93 readers who will take to the stage on Bloomsday.

  7. Pride in the Name of Barry
    March 10, 09

    The Pride of Parnell Street

    By Sebastian Barry

    Review by Cahir O'Doherty

    THE past, wrote F. Scott Fitzgerald, is a foreign country; they do things differently there. In Irish playwright Sebastian Barry's brilliant new play, The Pride of Parnell Street, he explores a time and place that now seems as lost to history as Atlantis - pre-Celtic Tiger Dublin.

  8. Irelands Season of ReJoyce
    March 09, 09

    For millions of people, June 16 is always an extraordinary day. On that day in 1904, Leopold Bloom made his epic journey through Dublin as described by James Joyce in Ulysses, one of the world's most highly acclaimed modern novels. "Bloomsday" - the St.

  9. Fionnula
    March 09, 09

    It's 8 a.m. and Fionnula Flanagan arrives for breakfast looking fresh as a daisy in a crisp white shirt.

  10. Five great weekend visits
    March 04, 09

    A list of five great weekend to visit Ireland: the All-Ireland Finals weekends, the bank holiday weekends and the Bloomsday weekend.

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