May 1, 2004
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By Kevin Smith
DUBLIN (Reuters) - Fans of James Joyce will mark the centenary this year of one of the literary calendar's most famous dates with a breakfast from the Irish author's "Ulysses."
Organizers plan to dish up a free breakfast for 10,000 people which will require 25,000 pork sausages, 20,000 pigs' kidneys and 12,500 bacon rashers.
The fry-up on Dublin's historic O'Connell Street in June, will also entail 20,000 blood puddings, 15,000 bread rolls, 10,000 tomatoes and 500 kg (1,100 pounds) of butter.
The breakfast aims to commemorate the meal enjoyed by the hero of Joyce's famous novel, Leopold Bloom, whose epic walk around Dublin was set on June 16, 1904.
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I want to be in Dublin for this, but I'm sure I won't. It's on my calendar. I'll have to get someone to throw a major party June 16.
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