Bohemians present a Bloomsday event, Outrageous Preposterous Wrongs, that centres on writer Oliver St John Gogarty, who played for Bohemians in the 1890s, and his troubled relations with James Joyce.
Outrageous Preposterous Wrongs (11 June at Hedigan’s) takes its title from a phrase in a Gogarty poem, and it reflects how Gogarty felt about Joyce’s portrayal of him (as Buck Mulligan) in Ulysses.
Gogarty played for Bohemians while he was a pupil at Clongowes Wood school, where Joyce was later also a pupil. The pair lived in the tower at Sandycove for a period in 1904 and fell out over incidents that happened at that time.
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In Outrageous Preposterous Wrongs, we explore the conflict through a rehearsed reading from The Tower, by Joe Joyce – a two-hander in which the writers look back at 1904 from beyond the grave – and a discussion between advocates for Gogarty and for Joyce.
Actor-directors Declan Gorman and Gerry Lee appear as Gogarty and Joyce. The following discussion, chaired by book editor Ciara Considine, features Graham Hopkins making the case for Gogarty, Des Gunning speaking up for Joyce, and Brian Trench representing Dermot Trench, who was the basis of the Ulysses character, Haines, who also lived in the tower in 1904.
Outrageous Preposterous Wrongs is presented by Bohemian FC in association with Phizzfest. It will kick-off at 7.45pm on Thursday 11 June, in the upstairs bar of Hedigan’s / Brian Boru.
Tickets at €5 can be bought at the Bohemian office in Dalymount Park and at the Bohemian online store.
