The Tower at Sandycove

James, Jamie, and James

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March 18th 2009
Soaking up a rather un-Irish sun on the rocks at the Forty Foot, I had completed a double pilgrimage (see, I told you!). As I mentioned in the first Dublin entry, the reason I came to Ireland in the first place was to explore the city of Joyce's imagination. His novel Ulysses maps out the city like no other work, and it starts with Stephen Dedalus at a tower in Sandycove, overlooking the fam ... read more

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Celtic tribes arrived on the island between 600-150 B.C. Invasions by Norsemen that began in the late 8th century were finally ended when King Brian BORU defeated the Danes in 1014. English invasions began in the 12th century and set off more than se... ... read more