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Ulysses
In the centenary year of Ulysses three arts and cultural organisatgions have come together to lay on an almost year long tribute to the Joyce novel.
Starting February and ending in December the theatre and performance group ANU, Landmark
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Literature Ireland (MoLI) have jointly organised 18 artistic experiments and events for each episode of the book about an ordinary day in the life of main character Leopold Bloom. Opened in September 2019 MoLI pays Perth’s Irish community – like many homage to his wife Molly Bloom.The literary museum is a partnership of several bodies, including the National Library of Ireland and University College Dublin. Joyce was a student of others in Australia and across he world – came together to hold a vigil in the wake of the shocking murder of 23 year old Tullamore teacher Aisling Murphy while she was jogging in broad daylight in her home town of UCD and the museum is appropriately Tullamore, Co. Offaly in January. housed in the UCD Naughton Joyce Centre in the old university building at 86 St Stephen’s Green. See Ulysses22.ie for more details. Hundreds of Irish people – including families with young children, took part in an evening time vigil and walk at the Flame of Remembrance in Kings Park on January 19, organised by the Claddagh Association and supported
by every Irish cultural and sporting group as well as several Irish run businesses in Perth. Organisers of the event called her murder, “a dark day for the Irish community and women all over the world”. A group of musicians played Perth vigils for Aisling Say yes to Ulyssestraditional Irish airs and a flute and fiddle as well as a top with her county’s colours were amongst the tributes laid out for the young Irish woman who was in adition to being a promising and popular educator was also heavily involved with her local GAA club and a musician in her own right. Elaine O’ Grady who attended the vigil tweeted: “The beautiful song of the kookaburra who sang along to the stunning traditional Irish music at the vigil tonight for #AshlingMurphy in Perth,”. Similar events were staged across Australia, including one at the Amphitheatre at Kangaroo Point, Brisbane “to remember her and all who have died by genderbased violence”, organised by the Irish Australian Support Association Queensland. A piece written for her.ie by Anna Rourke described a sunrise vigil in Sydney attended by dozens of people on the hill above Bronte Beach and spoke to the emotions felt by all who were touched by her death. “In front of the crowd on the grass, a row of candles illuminates a framed photo of smiling young woman,” she wrote. Sunrise-watching at beaches across the city is a staple social activity for lots of Sydney’s Irish expats. It became more popular than ever during last year’s lockdown, when outdoor meetups were the only opportunity for many of us, living thousands of miles from our families, to see friends. But Saturday’s clifftop gathering is by far the biggest I’ve ever seen at Bronte... The primary school teacher’s murder has deeply shaken many of us in Sydney. The mood among those gathered with their candles on the hill this morning is of sadness – and utter disbelief.”
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