Bloomsday 2022 joyce7/4/2023 ![]() ![]() The Minister for Foreign Affairs and Minister for Defence, Simon Coveney, commented: “Our 2022 Bloomsday campaign is a global celebration of Joyce in this centenary year of the publication of ‘Ulysses’, embracing not only literature but film, visual art, performing arts and Irish studies. ‘Hold to the Now’, with an original score composed and performed by Cormac Begley, is available to view on the DFA YouTube channel. Performers include actors Stephen Fry and Glenn Keogh (‘Curb Your Enthusiasm’), leading Irish artist Amanda Coogan, and one of the world’s most eminent Joyceans, 94-year-old Dr Fritz Senn, president of the James Joyce Foundation in Zurich. ![]() Filming took place across five continents from Cairo to Kyiv, Austin to Abuja, Singapore to Santiago, and Berlin to Brasilia. ![]() The largest Bloomsday celebration to date was hosted by the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) and Ireland’s global network of embassies and consulates on 16 June, 2022.ĭFA and Museum of Literature Ireland (MoLI) collaborated with 35 Irish embassies and consulates worldwide to create ‘Hold to the Now’, a new short film for Bloomsday. ![]()
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