Bloomsday
Bloomsday is a secular holiday, celebrated annually on June 16. The day both celebrates the life of the Irish writer James Joyce and commemorates the fictitious events in his novel, Ulysses, all of which took place on a single day in Dublin - June 16, 1904. The first celebration took place in 1954 and a major five month-long festival(ReJoyce Dublin 2004) has been announced for 2004, between April 1 and August 31.
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