Bloomsday at Sweny’s Pharmacy

This Joycean bijoux has survived since 1847 and today retains all the fixtures and fittings that greeted Ulysses protagonist Leopold Bloom on his day in 1904. Sweny’s welcomes everyone on their Bloomsday adventure: wait by the counter like Bloom, absorbing the authentic atmosphere. Watch the chemist at work with his herbs and ointments and pick up a bar of lemon soap that you can carry with you all day, just like Bloom.

From Wednesday 10 to Tuesday 16 June, readings will take place at 12.30pm from the chapter that made Sweny’s famous, ‘Lotus Eaters’.

Throughout Bloomsday itself there will be merriment into the evening, starting with a Bloomsday Breakfast from 10am at Kennedy’s Pub across the street after which there will be Ulysses performances from our own star actors led by PJ Murphy, followed by an Edwardian sing song.

Further information: www.sweny.ie / Instagram: @swenyspharmacydublin