• 1900s: The eighteenth-century Martello Tower in which James Joyce lives in 1904 is a rented apartment, one of many small defensive forts built along Dublin Bay to defend the island against possible attack by Napoleon.
• Today: The Martello Tower is the site of the James Joyce Museum, a tourist stop for people who want to walk in the footsteps of Stephen Dedalus and Leopold Bloom.
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• 1900s: Ireland is predominantly a one-religion country with 85 percent of its population devout Catholics.
• Today: Still predominantly Catholic, Ireland is.....
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