Davy Byrne's pub

Davy Byrne's pub is a public house located at 21 Duke Street, Dublin.^[2] It was made famous by its appearance in Chapter 8 ('Lestrygonians') of James Joyce's 1922 modernist novel Ulysses, set on Thursday 16 June 1904.^[3] The main character, advertising canvasser Leopold Bloom, stops at just before 2 pm for a gorgonzola cheese sandwich with mustard and a glass of burgundy while wandering through Dublin.

Davy Byrne's pub
Exterior view of the pub on Duke Street
Location within Central Dublin
General information
Address	21 Duke Street, Dublin 2, Ireland
Coordinates	53°20′31″N 6°15′34″W
Opened	1889
Owner	William Dempsey[1]
Website
davybyrnes.com

The pub has since become a pilgrimage point for fans of the novel, who, like Bloom, stop and have a cheese sandwich and a glass of wine.^[2] The pub is particularly popular on Bloomsday, an annual 16 June celebration of both the book and James Joyce.

Joyce also mentioned the pub in the short story "Counterparts" in Dubliners as a bar visited by the office clerk protagonist named Farrington following an altercation with his senior at the office. It is also mentioned in Green Rushes, a short story collection by Maurice Walsh.

Bloomsday outside Davy Byrne's in 2003

See also

• List of pubs in Dublin

References

1. "Whole new ball game for Davy Byrnes". independent.ie. 6 October 2019. Retrieved 24 June 2020.
2. Tomedi 2005, p. 138.
3. Crispi 2015, p. 168.

• Crispi, Luca (2015). Joyce's Creative Process and the Construction of Characters in Ulysses. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-198-71885-7.
• Tomedi, John (2005). Dublin. Facts On File, Incorporated. ISBN 978-1-438-11554-2.