Bloomsday at Glasnevin Cemetery: Poor Dignam!

Glasnevin Cemetery has been celebrating Bloomsday since 2010 and it is now a firm favourite for Bloomsday pilgrims. On 16th June 1904, Glasnevin held funeral of the fictional Paddy Dignam, attended by Leopold Bloom in Ulysses. The scene was inspired by the real-life funeral of Matthew F. Kane, a friend of the Joyce family whose remains are still in the cemetary.

To celebrate this historic date, Experience Glasnevin will host a performance of the ‘Hades’ episode of Ulysses performed by the Joycestagers and a Joycean tour of the cemetery itself. Explore the ‘underworld’ of Ulysses in one of the most popular Bloomsday events!

11am: Reenactment of the funeral procession of Paddy Dignam from the ‘Hades’ episode. Free to attend. No ticket is necessary.

12pm: A Joycean tour of ‘the heart of the Hibernian necropolis,’ Glasnevin Cemetery, which has many significant links to Joyce’s life and writing. Tickets are required: €17 general, €15 concession.

Photo: Alan Betson, The Irish Times