Dublin has more Nobel Prize-winning writers per capita than any city — Yeats, Beckett, Shaw, Heaney. The trail: Sweny's Pharmacy (Leopold Bloom's lemon soap), the James Joyce Centre, Davy Byrne's pub (Ulysses), and the DART to Sandycove's Martello Tower.
Why It’s Worth Your Time
Four Nobel laureates and the city that produced Ulysses. Essential circuit: James Joyce Centre (35 North Great George's Street); Sweny's Pharmacy (lemon soap from Ulysses, Tuesday readings); Davy Byrne's pub (gorgonzola sandwich and Burgundy — the Ulysses lunch, still served); DART to Sandycove Martello Tower (Joyce Museum) and the Forty Foot sea swimming below. Bloomsday (16 June) is a city-wide Ulysses festival.
What Stands Out
- City of four Nobel laureates
- James Joyce Centre
- Sweny's Pharmacy — famous for Bloom’s lemon soap
- Davy Byrne's Pub — the Ulysses lunch stop
- Sandycove Martello Tower
- Forty Foot — iconic sea swimming
- Bloomsday (June 16 each year)