James Joyce: Return writer’s remains to Ireland, say Dublin councillors

The councillors argued that the writer and his wife should be exhumed from their resting place in Zurich and brought back to Dublin as was their wish, Mr Lacey said.

The motion has been formally noted in the minutes by the area committee, and once the minutes of that meeting are adopted by the full council, the Mayor and the council’s chief executive must write to Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht Josepha Madigan concerning the proposal.

Leave the man where he is ,if nothing else as a reminder to our blindness to his legacy .I certainly don't think he nor Nora would want to be repatriated as some kind of a tourist attraction at this stage

If it turns out like Yeats’ remains we will probably get the left overs of a snack box !

They know nothing about Joyce’s antipathy to Ireland if they’re demanding that!

Joyce would not have wanted that ! Let his work speak to us but leave his remains alone

Unless you have it in writing from the man it’s a disgrace to dig up his remains which may not be his wishes to score political points and put on a show for the centenary. he was gone 37 years and I’m sure he would have noted it,if he wanted to.

What a load of nonsense. Let the man rest.

Just let the great man rest it peace. I have no doubt that Dublin councillors would screw this up somehow.

Eventually

Why? He left for a reason.

Might be important to note that Joyce in fact refused Irish citizenship twice throughout his lifetime. How did these local Sandymount Joyceans come to the conclusion that he wanted to be buried here? Did they meet his spirit in a séance, or was it revealed to them in a dream?

Joyce didn't want to be Ireland when he was alive. What makes them think he'd want to be here dead?

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