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16/06/2004
Bloomsday festivities taking place
The 100th anniversary of Bloomsday, the date made famous by James Joyce's novel 'Ulysses', is being marked by more than 80 events today.
The celebrations get underway this morning with a Bloomsday breakfast at the James Joyce Centre in Dublin, which will be attended by President Mary McAleese.
People will be entertained while they eat, with celebrities like Ronnie Drew, Gavin Friday and Gay Byrne reading excerpts from the book.
There will be dozens of events throughout the day, with street celebrations, readings and guided walks all over the capital.
Dublin's Bloomsday celebrations culminate in a pageant which will see three parades converge on O'Connell Street; two giant puppets will then climb the Spire and enact the Aeolus chapter by spitting plum stones on passers by.
Bloomsday celebrations are also taking place in at least 40 cities worldwide, including Chicago, Sydney, New York, Paris and Tokyo.
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