Bloomsday is celebrated on June 16th every year in Dublin and commemorates the work of the Irish author James Joyce. The name of Bloomsday is called after the main character, Leopold Bloom, in his most famous novel - Ulysses -(which is set on 16 June 1904).
Joyce chose the date as it was the date of his first outing with his wife-to-be, Nora Barnacle; they walked to the Dublin suburb of Ringsend.
The novel, Ulysses, follows the life and thoughts of Leopold Bloom and a host of other characters – real and fictional – from 8 a.m. on 16 June 1904 through to the early hours of the following morning.
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