James Joyce Tower and Museum
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The James Joyce Tower and Museum is a Martello tower in Sandycove, Dublin, where James Joyce spent six nights in 1904. The tower was leased from the War Office by Joyce's university friend Oliver St. John Gogarty. Joyce left after an incident in which Gogarty fired a gun in his direction.
The opening scenes of Ulysses are set the morning after this incident. Gogarty is immortalised as "Stately, plump Buck Mulligan" (the opening words of the novel) and portrayed as loud, unpleasant, pretentious and unfeeling; a lasting act of revenge by Joyce.
The tower now contains a museum dedicated to Joyce and owns some of his possessions. It is a place of pilgrimage for Joyce enthusiasts, especially on Bloomsday.
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