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The Joyce Trail is a 1988 artwork by artist Robin Buick consisting of 14 separate bronze plaques set into the streets of Dublin, Ireland at locations relevant to scenes from the novel Ulysses (1922) by James Joyce.[1]
According to the book The Complete Guide to The Statues and Sculptures of Dublin City published in 2015:
In Chapter 8, 'Lestrygonians', Leopold Bloom makes his way from Middle Abbey Street on the north side of the city to Kildare Street on the south side. This journey is marked by fourteen bronze plaques inlaid on the pavement at the various stops that Bloom made in Chapter 8. Each plaque has a quote from the book relevant to the stop where the plaque is located.[1]
According to a 1990s Dublin Tourism publication, the series of plaques, designed by Buick, "trace the route of Leopold Bloom in the lunch-time section of the book" from Abbey Street to the gate of the National Museum.[2]
The plaques were sponsored by Cantrell & Cochrane (Dublin) Limited, an Irish manufacturer, marketer and distributor of alcoholic and soft drinks.
List of locations
[edit | edit source]| Order | Photograph | Location and coordinates | Extract from Ulysses | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | File:Plaque 1 of 14. The Joyce Trail in Dublin city centre, Ireland.jpg | Middle Abbey Street Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. |
"AEOLUS - the offices of the Evening Telegraph" | |
| 2 | File:Plaque 2 of 14. The Joyce Trail in Dublin city centre, Ireland.jpg | O'Connell Street Lower Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. |
"Pineapple rock, lemon platt, butter scotch... among the warm sweet fumes of Graham Lemon's" | Situated in front of the former 'Confectioners Hall' of Lemon & Co. confectioners[3] (as of 2026 in use as a Foot Locker store) |
| 3 | File:Plaque 3 of 14. The Joyce Trail in Dublin city centre, Ireland.jpg | Bachelors Walk Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. |
"As he set foot on O'Connell bridge a puffball of smoke plumed up from the parapet" | |
| 4 | File:Plaque 4 of 14. The Joyce Trail in Dublin city centre, Ireland.jpg | Aston Quay Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. |
"Mr Bloom smiled O rocks at two windows of the ballast office" | |
| 5 | File:Plaque 5 of 14. The Joyce Trail in Dublin city centre, Ireland.jpg | Westmoreland Street Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. |
"Hot mockturtle vapour and steam of newbaked jampuffs rolypoly poured out from Harrison's" | |
| 6 | File:Plaque 6 of 14. The Joyce Trail in Dublin city centre, Ireland.jpg | College Street Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. |
"He crossed under Tommy Moore's roguish finger. They did right to put him up over a urinal: meeting of the waters" | Situated in front of a statue of Thomas Moore (1779–1852), Irish writer and poet[4] |
| 7 | File:Plaque 7 of 14. The Joyce Trail in Dublin city centre, Ireland.jpg | Grafton Street Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. |
"He crossed at Nassau street corner and stood before the window of Yeates and Son, pricing the field glasses" | |
| 8 | File:Plaque 8 of 14. The Joyce Trail in Dublin city centre, Ireland.jpg | Grafton Street Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. |
"Mr Bloom, quick breathing, slowlier walking, passed Adam court" | [5] |
| 9 | File:Plaque 9 of 14. The Joyce Trail in Dublin city centre, Ireland.jpg | Grafton Street Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. |
"He passed, dallying, the windows of Brown Thomas, silk mercers" | Situated in front of Brown Thomas department store |
| 10 | File:Plaque 10 of 14. The Joyce Trail in Dublin city centre, Ireland.jpg | Duke Street Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. |
"He entered Davy Byrne's. Moral pub. He doesn't chat" | Situated in front of Davy Byrne's pub |
| 11 | File:Plaque 11 of 14. The Joyce Trail in Dublin city centre, Ireland.jpg | Duke Street Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. |
"His heart astir he pushed in the door of the Burton restaurant" | |
| 12 | TBC | TBC | "-You're in Dawson street, Mr. Bloom said. Molesworth street is opposite. Do you want to cross? There's nothing in the way" | [6][7] |
| 13 | File:Plaque 13 of 14. The Joyce Trail in Dublin city centre, Ireland.jpg | Molesworth Street Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. |
"Walking by Doran's publichouse he slid his hand between waistcoat and trousers and, pulling aside his shirt gently, felt a slack fold of his belly" | Situated in front of Anglo Irish Bank head office, as of 2026 |
| 14 | File:Plaque 14 of 14. The Joyce Trail in Dublin city centre, Ireland.jpg | Kildare Street Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. |
"His hand looking for the where did I put found in his hip pocket soap lotion have to call tepid paper stuck. Ah soap there I yes. Gate. Safe!" | Situated in front of the entrance to the National Museum of Ireland – Archaeology |
See also
[edit | edit source]References
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- ^ Dublin Tourism, p. 17.
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