James Joyce Pub Award

The James Joyce Pub Award was presented by "Bloomsday Publications" to a number of pubs in Ireland and the United States deemed as 'Authentic' Irish pubs on Bloomsday in the year 2000. As commemoration of the award, a plaque featuring a bust of James Joyce and an excerpt from Ulysses (novel) was presented to the award winners.

The James Joyce Pub Award.

Award winners

Partial list of award winners

In no particular order:

	Pub Name	Location	Comments
1	Sean's Bar	Athlone, Ireland	Oldest Pub In Ireland
2	The Brazen Head	Dublin, Ireland	Second Oldest Pub In Ireland
3	Johnny Fox's	Glencullen, Ireland
4	O'Neills	Dublin, Ireland
5	Celtic Crossings	Chicago, United States
6	Natterjacks	Castlegregory, Ireland
7	Mallard Bar	Carrick-on-Shannon, Ireland	Inside the Landmark Hotel
8	The Spaniard Inn	Kinsale, Ireland
9	Hannigan's Bar	Killarney, Ireland
10	Orpens Bar	Waterford, Ireland
11	An Droichead Beag (The Small Bridge)	Dingle, Ireland
12	Nancy's	Ardara, Ireland
13	The Temple Bar	Dublin, Ireland
14	The Glyde Inn	Dunleer, Ireland
15	Meehan's Irish Pub	St Augustine, Florida
16	House of Henry	Panama City, Florida

There are many other winners both in Ireland and the United States that are not captured in the above table.

Award text

          THIS PUB HAS BEEN GRANTED THE
            JAMES JOYCE PUB AWARD
        FOR BEING AN AUTHENTIC DUBLIN PUB
     ‘A good puzzle would be to cross Dublin
        without passing a pub’. Ulysses 
    James Joyce identified and described the
   characteristic ambience of the Dublin pub
 so successfully that the characters in Ulysses
   may be fictional, but they are based on a
   multitude of living beings, characters who
    Joyce found in pubs just like this one.
   This establishment remains an outstanding
       example of the tradition which
    Joyce immortalised in his works and is
     an authentic Irish pub which retains
        a genuineness of atmosphere,
              friendliness and
          presence of good company.
           James Joyce (Signature)
         BEST DRINKS  -  BEST BAR

The text in the photograph of the plaque misquotes Ulysses by stating "cross Ireland" rather than "cross Dublin".

Controversy & false advertisement

Since the awards were distributed in 2000, surplus awards that were manufactured but not awarded to a specific establishment, commonly appear on the secondary market from various pub equipment suppliers. As such, the presence of a genuine plaque does not guarantee that the award was bestowed on the specific establishment. In some cases, establishments which were not yet open when the original awards were dispersed, have been known to display the award as if they had been an original recipient.

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