James Joyce's Death Mask on Display

Museum in Limerick places Joyce's death mask on public exhibition

Naomi O'Nolan of the Hunt Museum, Limerick, with the museum's James Joyce death mask. Photograph: Don Moloney/Press 22

James Joyce's death mask is on public display at the Hunt Museum in Limerick: 'A death mask of James Joyce – made two days after his death in 1941 – has gone on display for the first time as part of a commemorative display marking this year’s Bloomsday celebrations.' [The Irish Times]

Also at A Piece of Monologue:

• Colm Tóibín on Joyce's Dublin