Dublin Joyce Walk

My interests in Irish literature are limited to James Joyce, though I readily concede there is way, way more to Irish lit, much of it among the world's greatest literature. Anyhow, while Vicki did a tour of Trinity U and the Book of Kells, I did a 90 minute walk under the auspices of the James Joyce Center.

As observed earlier, you can learn a fair amount about Irish lit just reading the signs
on  various buildings in Temple Bar

Or noticing the sculpture at various pubs

Or reading the sidewalk plaques that are all over the old
city; Dubliners are justifiably proud of their literary heritage,
even including the silence, cunning, and exile bits

The Joyce Center's circle walk was ably led by this young woman, whose
knowledge of the city, Joyce and his writings, was impressive; nor was she
one of those who simply venerates Joyce; here she is telling us about
Belvedere College, Joyce's most formative years, and Stephen's

7 Eccles Street is one of the most famous addresses in literature

Alas, the flat occupied by the Blooms is no longer there (there's a plaque to Joyce
on the building's lower left)

Now a hospital, although someone has helpfully hung a small banner for tourists

Similarly with many of the addresses associated with the Joyce/ Daedalus family,
whose frequent removals kept them a step ahead of the creditors 

One of their addresses, on Hardwicke Lane, now also gone

The house in which Gogarty (Buck Mulligan) was born; Joyce and Gogarty were
friends and rivals, early on; in a more conventional sense, Gogarty was the more
successful...if wealth and public approval count...

The Gresham Hotel ("Ivy Day in the Committee Room," Dubliners; the Parnell
statue is nearby)

"The prick with a stick," as Dubliners now call it, just off the
intersection of Henry and O'Connell

Interesting observation, in an exhibit at the art museum on the subject of the
Irish Diaspora; it took Joyce a while to get to the generosity stage...