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    Every year on 16 June -- the date chronicled in James Joyce’s Ulysses -- fans recreate its scenes throughout Dublin. The novel opens at the Martello Tower and is the starting point of the literary holiday known as Bloomsday, named for the main character, Leopold Bloom. (Fran Caffrey/AFP/Getty Images/Life.com)

The Martello Tower

Every year on 16 June -- the date chronicled in James Joyce’s Ulysses -- fans recreate its scenes throughout Dublin. The novel opens at the Martello Tower and is the starting point of the literary holiday known as Bloomsday, named for the main character, Leopold Bloom. (Fran Caffrey/AFP/Getty Images/Life.com)

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