Sweny and Co (Limited) opened its doors as a dispensing chemist in 1853. In the heart of Dublin’s south inner city, it lies within 100 yards of the birthplace of Oscar Wilde and within 50 yards of the location where James Joyce was stood up by Nora Barnacle on the 14th June 1904.
However, two days later she would give in to his pressing advances and this day, the 16th June 1904, would go down in literary history as the day that forms the backdrop for Joyce's Ulysses, arguably one of the greatest novels ever written. Sweny's has the great honour of being described in sumptuous detail within the novel and that description stands to this very day as the premises has been preserved perfectly intact. The hero, Leopold Bloom, comes into the shop, admires its bottles of potions and compounds and ponders the alchemy that the place possesses and it seems impossible not to be caught up in the magical air of this wondrous place when entering its deep mahogany doors today.
NB Please be sure to roll up the log and place it inside the lid so it closes properly and place the cache back exactly where you find it, to ensure that it is not muggled or lost.
AS IT IS A NANO IN THE CITY CENTRE, THE LOG FILLS UP QUITE QUICKLY - IF YOU FIND IT FULL, YOU CAN JUST POST A PHOTOGRAPH OF THE CONTAINER IN YOUR HAND (BUT NOT ANY OF THE HIDING PLACE, PLEASE!)
There will be a bonus cache coming soon, for those who find all the caches in this series...To get the part for this one (as size restrictions meant that it could not be included in the cache itself), take note of the number scratched onto the underside of the container and take this to be "C".
The other caches in the series so far:
(GC3D4D4) James Joyce's Life Series #1 - Childhood Days
(GC3DMQT) James Joyce's Life Series #2 - University Days
(GC3K4H2) James Joyce's Life Series #4 - Nora's Story
(GC3K4F7) James Joyce's Life Series #5 - The French Connection
(GC3MGH5) James Joyce's Life Series #6 - Faithful Departed