Computer solves Joyce pubs riddle

An Irish software developer believes he has solved James Joyce’s notorious near century-old riddle – can you cross Dublin without passing a pub?

An Irish software developer believes he has solved James Joyce’s notorious near century-old riddle – can you cross Dublin without passing a pub?

Rory McCann, 27, claims he has settled decades of debate about the puzzle in Joyce’s masterpiece Ulysses with a simple equation proving it can, indeed, be done.

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