Davy Byrne's pub is a

public house A pub (short for public house) is in several countries a drinking establishment licensed to serve alcoholic drinks for consumption Licensing laws of the United Kingdom#On-licence, on the premises. The term first appeared in England in the ...

located at 21 Duke Street, Dublin. It was made famous by its appearance in Chapter 8 (' Lestrygonians') of

James Joyce James Augustine Aloysius Joyce (born James Augusta Joyce; 2 February 1882 – 13 January 1941) was an Irish novelist, poet, and literary critic. He contributed to the modernist avant-garde movement and is regarded as one of the most influentia ...

's 1922 modernist novel '' Ulysses'', set on Thursday 16 June 1904. The main character, advertising canvasser

Leopold Bloom Leopold Paula Bloom is the fictional protagonist and hero of James Joyce's 1922 novel '' Ulysses''. His peregrinations and encounters in Dublin on 16 June 1904 mirror, on a more mundane and intimate scale, those of Ulysses/Odysseus in Homer's ...

, stops at just before 2pm for a gorgonzola cheese sandwich with mustard and a glass of

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while wandering through Dublin. 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. The pub is particularly popular on

Bloomsday Bloomsday is a commemoration and celebration of the life of Irish writer James Joyce, observed annually in Dublin and elsewhere on 16 June. The day is named after Leopold Bloom, the protagonist of Joyce's 1922 novel ''Ulysses (novel), Ulysses' ...

, an annual 16 June celebration of both the book and James Joyce. Joyce also mentioned the pub in the short story " Counterparts" in ''

Dubliners ''Dubliners'' is a collection of fifteen short stories by James Joyce, first published in 1914. It presents a naturalistic depiction of Irish middle class life in and around Dublin in the early years of the 20th century. The stories were writ ...

'' 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. BloomsdayDavyByrnes

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Davy Byrne's Pub Ulysses (novel) Pubs in Dublin (city)

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