The James Joyce Centre
The James Joyce Centre is a museum, at a modelled elevation of 14 m. Kippure stands 757 m to the south-southwest, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Sir Samuel Ferguson, a historic site less than a tenth of a mile away.
The story
The James Joyce Centre is a museum and cultural centre in Dublin, Ireland, dedicated to promoting the life and works of James Joyce and Irish literature, culture and history. It was founded in 1982. The James Joyce Centre is situated in a restored 18th-century Georgian townhouse at 35 North Great George's Street, dating from a time when north inner city Dublin was at the height of its grandeur. It was built in 1784 for Valentine Browne, 1st Earl of Kenmare. At the end of the 19th century, the ground floor parlour room was used as a dance studio by Denis Maginni, who was featured in Ulysses as "Mr Denis J Maginni, Professor of Dancing &c." In November 1911, it held the inaugural meeting of the Dublin Vigilance Committee, a group of concerned clergymen and others pledged to “grapple with the terrible traffic of immoral literature carried on in the most public and shameless manner.” During the Irish revolutionary period, the house was used simultaneously by British Army officers for dance gatherings and by Irish republicans as a clandestine meeting place and weapons depot. In 1920, Michael Collins assembled the Squad in the house. By the 1980s, the house had fallen into disrepair and was going to be demolished by Dublin Corporation. Senator David Norris and the North Great George's Street Preservation Society saved and renovated the building for the purposes of the James Joyce Centre. The building underwent extensive renovations until it was opened to the public in June 1996. During the first ten years of its opening, it was managed by members of the Joyce and Monaghan families, descendants of Joyce's brother Charles Joyce and sister May Monaghan. The James Joyce Centre's permanent exhibitions include furniture from Paul Leon's apartment in Paris, where Joyce wrote some of Finnegans Wake, and the door to the home of Leopold Bloom and his wife, Molly, at 7 Eccles Street. Besides its permanent exhibitions, the James Joyce Centre hosts several temporary exhibitions that showcase various aspects of Joyce's life and work. It organises lectures, concerts, theatre, educational courses, film screenings, and walking tours throughout the year, working with artists, writers, and scholars from Dublin and around the world. Since 1994, it has organised the annual Bloomsday Festival in Dublin.
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Dates from 1996-06.
Wikidata Q6137026, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What to expect
- Fee
- Yes
- Step-free access
- Limited
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Sir Samuel Ferguson: 0.0 mi
- 1974 Dublin Bombing: 0.1 mi
- Charles Stewart Parnell Monument: 0.1 mi
- Anna Parnell: 0.2 mi
- Harry Clarke: 0.2 mi
- St George's Chapel: 0.1 mi
- Dublin Lettering: 0.2 mi
- Custom House Visitor Centre: 0.5 mi
- Hungry Tree: 0.6 mi
- Ha'penny Bridge: 0.6 mi
- Molly Malone: 0.1 mi
- Take my hand and we can go walking: 0.1 mi
- Look Right: 0.2 mi
- Gerrourra' da Garden: 0.2 mi
- The Children of Lir: 0.2 mi
- Garden Of Remembrance: 0.2 mi
- Diamond Park: 0.2 mi
- Mountjoy Square Park: 0.2 mi
- James Joyce Park: 0.3 mi
- Liberty Park: 0.4 mi
- Summer Street Community Garden: 0.3 mi
- Memorial Garden: 0.6 mi
- Small urban park: 0.6 mi
- Community garden: 0.6 mi
- Mud Island Community Garden: 0.7 mi
- St Catherine's Well: 1.1 mi
- Saint John's Well: 1.3 mi
- Saint Broc's Well: 2.4 mi
- Rag Well: 4.9 mi
- St. Doolagh's Well: 5.4 mi
- Telshaun Hill: 6.5 mi
- Kilmashogue: 7.1 mi
- Shielmartin Hill: 7.4 mi
- Three Rock Mountain: 7.5 mi
- Montpelier Hill: 7.7 mi
- Dublin Writers Museum: 0.2 mi
- GPO Museum: 0.3 mi
- 14 Henrietta Street museum: 0.4 mi
- The National Wax Museum Plus: 0.5 mi
- Gaelic Athletic Association Museum: 0.6 mi
- Sandymount Strand: 2.4 mi
- Sandymount Strand: 2.7 mi
- Merrion Strand: 3.5 mi
- Dollymount Strand: 4.7 mi
- Seapoint: 5.7 mi
- The Grove: 1.9 mi
- Booterstown Nature Reserve: 3.8 mi
- Booterstown Marsh: 4.0 mi
- Booterstown Marsh: 4.2 mi
- Bull Island Wildlife Only Area: 5.3 mi
- Hawk Cliff: 8.9 mi
- Hawk Cliff: 8.9 mi
- Lover's Leap: 12.5 mi
- The Shaft: 14.1 mi
- Streaky Slab: 14.1 mi
- Leixlip Spa Waterfall: 10.2 mi
- Powerscourt Waterfall: 14.5 mi
- Glenmacnass Waterfall: 20.3 mi
- Poulaphuca Waterfall: 21.2 mi
- Devil's Glen Waterfall: 22.8 mi
- Toni's: 2.4 mi
- Hawk Cliff: 8.9 mi
- Picnic Area: 12.7 mi
- Rathbeggan Lakes Angling Centre: 12.9 mi
- BBQ Area: 16.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 14.8 miles of The James Joyce Centre. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kippure | SSW 194° | 757 m | 12.5 mi |
| Seefingan | SSW 203° | 722.9 m | 12.1 mi |
| War Hill | S 179° | 684.8 m | 14.8 mi |
| Seahan | SSW 208° | 647.3 m | 10.7 mi |
| Tonduff | S 181° | 642 m | 13.3 mi |
| Seefin | SSW 206° | 620.6 m | 12.9 mi |
| Corrig Mountain | SSW 205° | 617.1 m | 10.7 mi |
| Tonduff East Top | S 179° | 593 m | 13.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:29 | 17:52 | 18:38 |
| June solstice | 04:57 | 21:00 | 21:58 |
| September equinox | 07:11 | 18:40 | 19:26 |
| December solstice | 08:39 | 15:01 | 16:09 |
Local time (Europe/Dublin).
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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