June 16 was Bloomsday, the day we celebrate James Joyce’s Ulysses, and it was a special Bloomsday because 2022 is the centenary of the publication of the book. During the time of the pandemic – or rather in the breaks from the lockdowns – Ronan McDonald the Professor of Irish Studies has been conducting a series of seminars at Melbourne University’s Newman College with the backing of the Rector there, Father Frank Brennan SJ.