James Joyce Museum

The Joyce Tower in Sandycove is famous as the setting for the opening of James Joyce’s Ulysses, now acclaimed as the greatest and most influential novel of the twentieth century. One of a series of Martello Towers built around Dublin in 1804 to withstand an invasion by Napoleon, it was opened in 1962 as a museum devoted to the life and works of James Joyce, who is known worldwide as the writer most closely associated with his native Dublin.

Dramatically located on a cliff-top overlooking the sea, the tower stands eight miles south of Dublin on the coast road. It clearly impressed Joyce, whose brief stay here in 1904 inspired the opening of Ulysses.

Objects in the museum bring Joyce and his works vividly to life. The collection includes letters, photographs, portraits and personal possessions of Joyce, some of them given by close friends such as Samuel Beckett, Maria Jolas, Sylvia Beach and Paul Ruggiero - his tie and wallet, his cabin trunk, guitar and cane are among these. There are first and rare editions of his work, including his early broadsides and the celebrated edition of Ulysses illustrated by Henri Matisse. Items such as the original key of the Tower, a Clongowes pandybat, a Plumtree’s pot and photographs of ‘Throwaway’ and Davy Stephens are examples of the real and ordinary which Joyce transformed into the material of myth.

Situated	8 miles south of Dublin City and 1 mile from Dun Laoghaire along the coast road.
Open	April - September : Mon - Sat 10.00-17.00 (closed for lunch 13.00-14.00) Sundays & Public Holidays 14.00-18.00 Bloomsday (16 June) 08.00-18.00. Other Months: open by arrangement Tel: +353 1 8722077
Admission	Adults €7.50, OAPs/Concessions €6.30, Children €4.70, Family ticket €22.00, Group rates available. Combined tickets available with the Dublin Writers Museum and the Shaw birthplace.
Facilities	Parking, Guided Tours by arrangement.
Contact	Robert Nicholson Joyce Tower, Sandycove, Co. Dublin Tel: +353 1 280 9265 & +353 1 872 2077 Fax: +353 1 280 9265 & +353 1 872 2231 Email: joycetower@dublintourism.ie Web Site: www.visitdublin.com