To mark Bloomsday and the 100th anniversary of the publication of Ulysses, a tour of James Joyce’s Mullingar will take place at 7pm on Bloomsday, June 16 from the Greville Arms Hotel. This tour will explore the Mullingar of James Joyce.
The novelist lived in the town for a number of weeks in 1900 and 1901 while his father did work for the County Council. Mullingar features in the novels Ulysses and Stephen Hero.