The Irish American Bar Association of New York held its 8th annual Bloomsday Tuesday at Federal Hall on Wall Street. The event recognizes James Joyce’s masterwork “Ulysses,” which influenced First Amendment jurisprudence.

Among those attending the gathering were, from left, New York Times columnist Jim Dwyer; University of Minnesota Law School professor JaneAnne Murray, New York Times vice president and deputy general counsel David McCraw, who gave the John Quinn Memorial Address, and Irish Bar president Oisin Lambe, an attorney with Molod Spitz and DeSantis.