The James Joyce Tower Collection
The James Joyce Tower Collection offers an intimate portrait of Joyce’s life, work, and lasting influence. Housed in the Martello Tower where Ulysses begins, the collection spans personal belongings, rare editions, letters, photographs, and ephemera connected with Joyce’s world — from Dublin to Trieste, Zurich and Paris.
What began as a modest tribute now stands as one of the most distinctive literary collections in Ireland, expanded through decades of generous donations and curatorial care.
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Our Exagmination Round his Factification for Incamination of Work in Progress by Samuel Beckett et al, first edition, Shakespeare and Company 1929
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Photograph of portrait drawing of James Joyce by Augustus John
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Copy of drawing of James Joyce, said to be a self-portrait
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Photograph of James Joyce with Augustus John 1930
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A Chaucer ABC with illustrations by Lucia Joyce, first edition (No 84/300), Obelisk Press 1936, in slipcase
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Photo of 1932 caricature of James Joyce by Cesar Abin
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3 copies of postcards from James Joyce to Padraic Colum
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Copy of typed letter from Nora Joyce to the Colums
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Fragment of Nelson's Pillar
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Copy of photograph of Lieutenant Jack Myers
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Bronze plaque portrait of John Redmond, 1914
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Colour photo portrait of Lucia Joyce, 1979
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Photo of Sweny's chemist shop, 1982
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Pandybat from Clongowes Wood College
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Embroidered waistcoat inherited by James Joyce from his father
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Original MS statement by James Joyce for Swiss authorities 1940
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Official entry permit allowing Joyce family into Switzerland, dated 8 January 1941
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Portrait photo of Paul Ruggiero, 1920
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Original MS letter from James Joyce to Paul Ruggiero, 4 September 1938
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Original MS postcard from James Joyce to Paul Ruggiero, 4 July 1920
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Original MS postcard from James Joyce to Paul Ruggiero, 23 December 1923
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Original MS postcard from James Joyce to Paul Ruggiero, 22 December 1920
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Original MS postcard from James Joyce to Paul Ruggiero, 23 December 1917
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Original MS postcard from James Joyce to Paul Ruggiero, 31 December 1919
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The first page of James Joyce's Ulysses by Daniel Schiff, 1986 (No 16/100)
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The Infinitive Has Been Split by Coilin Murray 1981, A/P
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The Citizen/Cyclops by Eamonn O'Doherty 1982, No 18/25
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Gerty McDowell by Eamonn O'Doherty 1982, No 6/25
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Bloom in Nighttown by Eamonn O'Doherty 1982, No 6/25
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Monument I by Peter Ford, No 16/100
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Monument II by Peter Ford, No 11/100
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Finnegans Wake by Roy Keegan
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Molly B by Jan de Fouw A/P
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Joyce Family Coat of Arms
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Copies of 2 photos of 1921MS letter from James Joyce to Italo Svevo
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3 photos: stills from Joseph Strick's 1967 film Ulysses
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Colour photo by Peter Harding of Richard Ellmann
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Colour photo of Stephen Joyce in Monaco 1990
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Photograph of Sackville Street by Woodbury Series
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Portrait of James Joyce by Saul Field No 5/85
