Here in The James Joyce House of The Dead at 15 Usher's Island, Dublin 8 on the south bank of the river Liffey we celebrate and recreate the atmosphere of the dinner party of the century as described by James Joyce in The Dead (Dubliners). Over the past 18 months, some 450 Million people around the globe have read about the restoration of No. 15 Usher's Island. Not bad for what was intended to be no more than the fulfillment of one man's dream. In fact on 6th January 2004, accurate to the very hour, we celebrated the centenary of a fictional meal! 100 guests, 100 years. It was dubbed the DINNER OF THE CENTURY by an elderly lady who insisted that we use her Dublin made Georgian era hallmarked silverware dinner service - cutlery which was once used by members of Grattan's Parliament prior to 1800. Photographs of that Dinner of the Century may be seen in the photo galley elsewhere on this site.