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James Joyce Tower and Museum

The James Joyce Tower and Museum is a in , , where James Joyce spent six nights in 1904. The opening scenes of his 1922 novel Ulysses take place here, and the tower is a place of pilgrimage for Joyce enthusiasts, especially on Bloomsday.
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  • Opening hours: 10:00 AM—6:00 PM
  • Type: Museum
  • Description: museum in Dublin, Republic of Ireland
  • Also known as: “Martello Tower” and “Sandycove Martello Tower”
  • Address: Sandycove Point
  • Wheelchair access: no

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Sandycove and Glasthule and Glenageary.

Railway station
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railway station serves the suburban areas of and Glasthule in , Ireland. The building is on a bridge as the rail line is in a cutting. is situated 1 km west of James Joyce Tower and Museum.

Railway station
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railway station serves in , Ireland. It is beside 'The Metals', a walking and cycling route that runs from to . is situated 1 km southwest of James Joyce Tower and Museum.

Museum
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The opened in 1978 in the former Mariners' Church in Moran Park, located between the seafront and the centre of , , Ireland. President Michael D. Higgins officially re-opened the museum in 2012. is situated 1¼ km west of James Joyce Tower and Museum.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Dalkey and Dún Laoghaire.

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is a picturesque seaside village in the suburbs of Dublin. It has a Norman castle, several scenic walks, and the island just offshore was a pilgrimage site and slave market.

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is a port 10 km south of Dublin. It's no longer the ferry port, but has strong associations with James Joyce, who wrote and set the opening scenes of Ulysses here.

Suburb
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is an area of in , in , . The area consists mainly of former local authority housing built between the late 1940s and the mid-1950s by the Corporation of Dún Laoghaire.

James Joyce Tower and Museum

Latitude
53.28867° or 53° 17′ 19″ north
Longitude
-6.11361° or 6° 6′ 49″ west
Open location code
9C5M7VQP+FH
Open­Street­Map ID
way 94871118
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­tower
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­commercial
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­martello_tower
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­museum
Open­Street­Map attribute
wheelchair=­no
Wiki­data ID
Q2062702
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In Other Languages

From Armenian to Ukrainian—“James Joyce Tower and Museum” goes by many names.
  • Armenian: “Ջեյմս Ջոյսի աշտարակ”
  • Basque: “James Joyce Dorrea eta Museoa”
  • Catalan: “Torre i museu James Joyce”
  • Chinese: “詹姆斯·乔伊斯塔楼博物馆”
  • Hebrew: “מגדל ג’יימס ג’ויס”
  • Hebrew: “מגדל מרטלו בחוף סנדיקוב”
  • Japanese: “ジェイムス・ジョイスタワーと博物館”
  • Polish: “James Joyce Tower and Museum”
  • Russian: “Башня Джеймса Джойса”
  • Spanish: “Torre de James Joyce”
  • Swedish: “James Joyce Tower and Museum”
  • Ukrainian: “Вежа Джеймса Джойса”

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Highlights include Sandycove Beach and Forty Foot.

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “James Joyce Tower and Museum”. Photo: YvonneM, CC BY-SA 3.0.