Centenary breakfast rings in Bloomsday for the faithful

Louise Hogan

President Mary McAleese joined relatives, scholars and lovers of the travels that Stephen Dedalus and Leopold Bloom took on June 16, 1904, through Joyce's novel Ulysses.

Dublin's North Great George's Street, where Joyce once lived, came alive as street performers, people in period dress and actors brought scenes from the acclaimed modern novel to life.