Bloomsday 2023 to celebrate James Joyce's Cork connections 

James Joyce's father John Stanislaus Joyce was born on Anglesea Street in Cork, and the great writer made numerous references to the southern city in his writings 

 James Joyce set Ulysses on June 16, a day that's now marked as Bloomsday. (Photo credit should read FRAN CAFFREY/AFP via Getty Images)

Dublin's near-monopoly on Bloomsday is coming to an end as Cork reveals plans to mark the event with a celebration of James Joyce's connections to the city.

A celebration of the influential writer, Bloomsday is marked every year in Dublin and elsewhere on June 16 (as per the date of what takes place in Joyce’s 1922 novel, Ulysses). This year, Bloomsday celebrations will also make their way to Cork— a place Joyce and his family were closely affiliated with.