It was kidneys, sausages, bacon and copious cups of tea all the way at the Bloomsday breakfast held in Belvedere College on Monday 16 June 2025.Joyce himself was a pupil of the college from 1893 to 1898. Bloomsday is the annual celebration held on this day every year to commemorate the life and works of James Joyce, particularly his novel Ulysses.
The hearty breakfast was served in the beautifully restored Belvedere house, and many of the attendees dressed, as customary, in early 20th-century attire reminiscent of Joyce’s Dublin. As the eating drew to a close the guest speaker Bruce Bradley SJ, historian, and biographer of James Joyce, took to the podium to deliver a short talk on Joyce and his time at Belvedere. (You can listen to it above, along with all the other proceedings of the morning including songs and performances from Joyce's work).
