FJT Committee barred from Fitzgerald’s Pub – Tom is thanked!

FJT Committee barred from Fitzgerald’s Pub – Tom is thanked!

Tom FitzGerald is a patient and tolerant man and it’s not often that he throws people out of his fine inn at Sandycove. Recently, however, his son returned to Ireland and has taken up residence in Fitzgerald’s forcing Tom to call time on the Friends of Joyce...
Harriet Shaw Weaver’s Grandniece Visits Tower

Harriet Shaw Weaver’s Grandniece Visits Tower

Last Wednesday, we had an extra special visitor to the James Joyce Tower & Museum when Harriet Shaw Weaver’s grandniece, Harriet (Hatty) Cole, nee Weaver, dropped by for a visit. She was accompanied by Denise Rees and Denise’s daughter, Rachael Roser. Harriet was...
FJT Bloomsday Festival Programme

FJT Bloomsday Festival Programme

Bloomsday 2018 at the James Joyce Tower & Museum promises to be another terrific celebration of James Joyce and his writings – with a particular emphasis on his masterpiece, ‘Ulysses’. We hope that you will join us for a few days of fun and entertainment and that...
Cathaoirleach,Tom Murphy, drops in on Friends

Cathaoirleach,Tom Murphy, drops in on Friends

Dun Laoghaire/Rathdown County Council Cathaoirleach, Tom Murphy, paid a flying visit to the Friends of Joyce Tower Society last Thursday evening.  The Friends were gathered in the Royal Marine Hotel, Dun Laoghaire to hold their 2017/2018 AGM. The Cathaoirleach briefly...
Skeletal Remains found in Joyce Tower Sewers

Skeletal Remains found in Joyce Tower Sewers

The sewage system at the James Joyce Tower & Museum has always been problematic frequently necessitating the closure of toilet facilities on the site. The ancient plumbing, it was always thought, simply could not cope with the demands of the large numbers of...
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