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Dublin’s Phoenix Park: Ireland’s historical heritage

09/07/2009

Dublin’s Phoenix Park is located 2.5 km west of Dublin City. With a boundary stone wall of 11 km and 22 km of roads, at 707 hectares the park is one of the largest enclosed recreational and leisure spaces within any European capital city. It has been managed as a National Historical Park since its designation in 1986 a year after the Council of Europe Convention for the protection of the Architectural Heritage was adopted by the European Council…

Joyce and Joycean events: A literary legacy

06/16/2009

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James Augustine Aloysius Joyce was born in Rathgar, Dublin, on 2 February 1882, the eldest of ten surviving siblings. Throughout his life he was quite superstitious especially about dates and he considered coincidences of dates, particularly birthdays, to be good omens… He died in Zurich, Switzerland on 13 January 1941 and is buried along with his wife, Nora, and son, Giorgio, at the Zurich Fluntern Cemetery. Joyce was deeply rooted in the Dublin and Catholic tradition. He attended a…