Clonakilty all set to celebrate Bloomsday

Bloomsday is usually seen as a Dublin-based celebration of James Joyce but this year a West Cork town is giving Joycean Dubs a run for their money.

Next week, West Cork-based poets, writers, guitarists, singers and harpists will celebrate world-famous Bloomsday.

They will dress in period costume and straw boaters and saunter down main street Clonakilty to enjoy a Joycean breakfast of liver and kidneys, before participating in an Open Mic series of readings from Ulysses.