On 22 June 1904 Joyce was involved in a fracas at St Stephen’s Green. Only a couple of days after he had collapsed drunk at a rehearsal of the National Theatre Society, Joyce was involved in a fracas at St Stephen’s Green that left him with a few superficial injuries. According to Ellmann, Joyce was […]
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On this day…2 October
On 2 October 1902 Joyce was entered on the Register of the Medical School. Having completed his studies at University College on St Stephen’s Green in 1902, Joyce decided to continue his studies at the University’s Medical School on Cecilia Street. Given his lack of interest in science subjects, his medical career was short-lived, but […]
On this day…27 August
On 27 August 1904 Joyce sang on stage with John McCormack. The concert took place on the Saturday evening at the end of Horse Show week, and Joyce shared the stage with John McCormack, JC Doyle, Máire nic Shiubhlaigh and others. John McCormack had arrived back in Ireland earlier in 1904 after a year’s study […]
On this day…8 August
On 8 August 1909 Joyce visited John Francis Byrne at 7 Eccles Street. In fact, Joyce had already visited Byrne at Eccles Street shortly after his arrival in Dublin. But the occasion for his second visit was the claim that Vincent Cosgrave had made to Joyce on 6 August, that he had been seeing Nora […]
On this day…6 August
On 6 August 1909 Vincent Cosgrave told Joyce he had been seeing Nora in the summer of 1904. Devastated by Cosgrave’s claims, and feeling that Nora had betrayed him, Joyce wrote to her just an hour after Cosgrave made his announcement. Joyce, who was supposed to be going to Galway with his son Giorgio, wrote […]