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On a late August afternoon my friend John Hill drove me across the city of Zurich, climbing the suburban heights until we stopped at the gates of Fluntern Cemetery. We walked up the last incline to where, among the trees and billard-table lawns, we saw the Joyces’ grave. There was no mistaking it. Just above the grave is the Giacometti-like sculpture of the writer himself, the work of American artist Milton Hebald. There James Joyce sits, in characteristic pose, deep in conversation, head tilted, one leg resting on the other knee, cigarette poised, his slim cane delicately balanced. Someone once remarked that he held his cane like a musical instrument.

'All For me Grog', a celebration in story and songs of The Dubliners, originally due to take place on Friday, March 20, in Roscommon Arts Centre, has been rescheduled to Friday, September 11.

All For me Grog’, a celebration in story and songs of The Dubliners, originally due to take place on Friday, March 20, in Roscommon Arts Centre, has been rescheduled to Friday, September 11.

'All For me Grog', a celebration in story and songs of The Dubliners, originally due to take place on Friday, March 20, in Roscommon Arts Centre, has been rescheduled to Friday, September 11.

‘All For me Grog’, a celebration in story and songs of The Dubliners, originally due to take place on Friday, March 20, in Roscommon Arts Centre, has been rescheduled to Friday, September 11.

WILD HAIR, wilder beards; songs about sex, drink, and politics; and a much needed injection of a rebellious, anarchic spirit into Irish folk music of the 1960s - The Dubliners truly were trailblazers.