Nora Barnacle
Nora Barnacle is depicted as the wife and muse of James Joyce, navigating the complexities of motherhood and her husband's literary ambitions in a retelling of their love story.
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Nora Barnacle humorously commented on her husband James Joyce's occupation.
Bognor Bodies – Frank McNally on the Irish literary connections of an English seaside town – The Irish Times
Ireland· 2025-12-05
Nora Barnacle accompanied James Joyce when they mistakenly disembarked in Ljubljana instead of Trieste.
Off track - Alison Healy on how James Joyce disembarked in the wrong country – The Irish TimesIreland· 2025-10-02
Nora Barnacle was living in Paris with her partner James Joyce and their two adult children.
‘City of singles’: cosmopolitan prewar Paris’s ‘crazy years’ brought to life | Paris
United Kingdom· 2025-07-25
Mr Higgins marked June 16th, 1904, the day that Joyce met Nora Barnacle and immortalised in Ulysses.
President Higgins has ‘no intention’ of remaining silent while democracy ‘under threat’ – The Irish TimesIreland· 2025-06-15
Joyce’s partner and future wife, Nora Barnacle, may have worked occasional, casual shifts in Frank O’Gorman’s printing works.
Ray Burke on how the books of almost every Irish writer of note were banned in the last century – The Irish TimesIreland· 2025-06-10
Nora Barnacle is mentioned as a significant influence on James Joyce's art.
Was William Blake, one of England’s greatest poets, actually Irish? – The Irish TimesIreland· 2025-04-30
A retelling of the love story between James Joyce and his wife and muse Nora Barnacle.
No 100 to No 51 – The Irish TimesIreland· 2025-03-13
