Talking about Sweny's Pharmacy in Dublin, Ireland (2018)
Sweny's is featured in James Joyce's Ulysses.
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Sweny's is located 1 Lincoln Place, Dublin 2, Ireland. Visit us when you are in Dublin to feel the texture of the old interior which James Joyce and Nora Barnacle would have touched. You can even join in for a reading from Joyce's literary works or simply have a chat with volunteers and other visitors.
Sweny's greets both the poor and the rich, the homeless and the housed, the young and the old, locals and tourists - in short, anybody and everybody, with love, humour and good craic.
Bloomsday at Sweny's Dublin
Irish Interest interviews P J Murphy-O'Brien of Sweny's Chemist about the lemon soap that appears in Ulysses.
Swenys Pharmacy, Dublin: Made famous by James Joyce
This short promo was made to give international visitors a sense of what visiting Sweny's famous pharmacy is like, what to expect and how its possible to experience first hand, the sense of Joyce's old Dublin.
Swenys & James Joyce's Dublin (2018)
Blooms & Barnacles visited Sweny's in Dublin, a location used in James Joyce's 'Ulysses', now dedicated to Joyce. We spoke with two of the volunteers, P.J. Murphy and Jack Walsh about Joyce, Dublin, and Sweny's. This is the video of our podcast.
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Writers' Tears and Sweny's Pharmacy partnership to bloom
Writers' Tears Premium Irish Whiskey partners with volunteer-led Sweny's Pharmacy to preserve true icon of Ireland's literary history.
Sweny's Irish Song
An Irish song from Sweny's, Dublin's Joycean pharmacy.
Dublin Sweny Pharmacy
During a recent trip to Dublin, I visited the famous Sweny's Pharmacy as described in James Joyce's Ulysses.
DUBLIN POETRY BROTHEL: Coming this BLOOMSDAY
This atmospheric tour of Temple Bar's Liquor Rooms gives a flavour of what the launch of the Dublin Poetry Brothel this coming Bloomsday will be like. (More videos to follow)
Brian Cronly BLOOMSDAY 16 June 2013
A short film celebrating Bloomsday 16 June 2013 featuring Bob Joyce, Les Doherty (As Leopold Bloom), Val O'Donnell and many colourful Dublin Characters. With visits to Joyce's Martello Tower in Dalkey, The James Joyce Centre for breakfast, Glasnevin Cemetery for Paddy Dignam's Funeral and Davy Byrnes for wine and gorgonzola cheese.
Global Bloomsday Gathering -- Embassy of Ireland and St. Brigid's Arts Centre, Ottawa Canada
St. Brigid's Arts Centre, Ottawa Canada
Introduction - Sarah Thorenton, Rosemay O'Brien
Readers - Fran Healy, Mary Wiggin, Wynn Quon, Gary McCrank, Niamh O'Brien
Produced by St. Brigid's Center For The Arts. Special thanks to all the readers, Pat McDonald of St. Brigid's, Sarah Thorenton of the Irish Embassy, Stephen Dunne and ChannelK Media for technical support.
Bloomsday in Dublin – a celebration of James Joyce's Ulysses
Hands up how many people have read James Joyce’s entire 265,000-word masterpiece, Ulysses? Okay, so you haven't yet, but you can still immerse yourself in Joyce’s Dublin for Bloomsday.
FAST FACTS:
- Ulysses was set over one day in Dublin – Thursday, June 16th 1904.
- It’s called Bloomsday because James Joyce’s character was called Leopold Bloom - hence, Bloomsday.
- Ulysses contains 265,000+ words
- Punctuation wasn’t big in Ulysses. Its final 24,048 words contained just two periods and one comma!
- It was banned in the US for being ‘obscene’ until 1934
- Joyce’s last words were: “Does nobody understand?”
There are plenty of places mentioned in Ulysses that you can visit, including:
– James Joyce Tower in Sandycove
– Sandymount Strand
– Duke Street’s Davy Byrne’s (Leopold ate a gorgonzola sandwich with a glass of burgundy here. You can, too!) and The Bailey.
– Sweny’s Chemist, Lincoln Place: no longer a dispensary, it’s now a quirky literary meeting place
– The National Library: a favourite hangout for Joyce…and location for the Scylla and Charybdis episode
– And The James Joyce Centre on Parnell Street
For more information about Bloomsday, visit
Reading Ulysses in Sweny's Pharmacy
Global Bloomsday Gathering -- Sydney Consulate General of ireland
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5. Lotus Eaters 2 minutes
6. Hades 43 minutes
Sweny Lincoln Place Dublin, Readings from James Joyce Dubliners
Readings from The Dubliners by James Joyce at Sweny 1 Lincoln Place Dublin on 9th Aug 2018 This is the pharmacy where Leopold Bloom obtained his wife's recipe and purchased his bar of lemon soap on 16th June 1904.
Thanks to PJ Murphy of Sweny and music is Youtube Dvorak Op 22 E Major and JR Sound Design Very Sad Cello Music also on You Tube.
Swenys_RTE_December_09.wmv
Sweny's Chemists on RTE TV, 21st. December, 2009.
Celebrating Bloomsday | Literature | Showcase
For James Joyce fans across the world, June 16th is Bloomsday - the day one of the most difficult and most revered novels is celebrated grand style. Ulysses was written by the early modernist and published in 1922. And although the book was deemed 'very controversial' at the time, it later became one of the masterpieces of 20th-century literature. And almost one hundred years on, 'Ulysses' is honoured each year with Bloomsday celebrations.
To talk more about this day and its originator, Showcase is joined by Andrew Gibson. He is a professor of Modern Literature and Theory and is the author of Joyce's Revenge, a book which takes a look at the history, politics and aesthetics in Joyce's Ulysses.
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Fire Engines - Westland Row - Dublin, Ireland.
Fire Engines parked outside the Music School on Westland Row. School had been emptied. Kids with violin bows standing around. No fire by the looks of it. A sunny spring day in Dublin.
James Joyce - Dublin Dokumentar
'Kennedy's Station', Dublin's newest undrgounrd bar.
Kennedy's Station underneath Kennedy's pub on Westland Row has just opened. We popped in to scope it out and to take some video.
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