Nora Barnacle (March 1884 – April 10, 1951) was the lover, companion, inspiration, and — eventually — wife of author James Joyce. April 10 is the 100th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (101st in leap years). ... 1951 (MCMLI) was a common year starting on Monday; see its calendar. ... James Augustine Aloysius Joyce (Irish Séamus Seoighe; 2 February 1882 – 13 January 1941) was an Irish writer and poet, widely considered to be one of the most influential writers of the 20th century. ...

She was born in Connemara, Galway, Ireland, but the day of her birth is uncertain. Depending on the source, it varies between the 21st to the 24th of March, 1884. Her father Thomas, a baker in Connemara, was an illiterate man who was 38 years old when Nora was born. Her mother, Annie Honoraria Healy, was 28 and worked as dressmaker. Connemara (Irish Conamara), which derives from Conmhaicne Mara (meaning: descendants of Con Mhac, of the sea), is a district in the west of Ireland (County Galway). ... WGS-84 (GPS) Coordinates: 53. ...

Between 1886 and 1889, Nora was sent to live with her maternal grandmother. During these years, she started her studies at a convent and, in 1891, graduated from a national school. In 1896, Nora completed her schooling and began to work as a porteress and laundress. In the same year, her mother threw her father out for drinking and the couple separated. Nora went to live with her mother and her uncle, Tom Healy, in Bowling Green street.

In 1896, Nora fell in love with a teenager named Michael Feeney, who died soon after of typhoid and pneumonia. In a dramatic but unrelated coincidence, another boy loved by Nora died in 1900, garnering her the name of "man-killer" from her friends. It was rumored that she sought solace from her friend, budding English theatre starlet, Laura London; who also introduced her to a Protestant named Willie Mulvagh. In 1903, she was sent away after her uncle learned of the affair and dubious friendship. She went to Dublin where she worked as chambermaid at Finn's Hotel. A chambermaid is a maid who cleans and cares for bedrooms. ...

While in Dublin, she met Joyce on June 10, 1904, but it was not until June 16, 1904 that they had their first romantic liaison. This date would later be chosen as the setting for Joyce's novel Ulysses, and has come to be known and celebrated around the world as Bloomsday. June 10 is the 161st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (162nd in leap years), with 204 days remaining. ... Year 1904 (MCMIV) was a leap year starting on a Friday (see link for calendar). ... June 16 is the 167th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (168th in leap years), with 198 days remaining. ... Year 1904 (MCMIV) was a leap year starting on a Friday (see link for calendar). ... Ulysses is a 1922 novel by James Joyce, first serialised in parts in the American journal The Little Review from 1918 to 1920, and published in its entirety by Sylvia Beach on February 2, 1922, in Paris. ... Bloomsday is a holiday observed annually on June 16 to celebrate the life of Irish writer James Joyce and commemorate the events in his novel Ulysses, all of which took place on the same day in Dublin in 1904. ...

The nature of the initial meeting between Nora Barnacle and James Joyce remains controversial, as some claim that Nora instigated physical stimulation, whereas others maintain that this first meeting was chaste. It is unlikely that any one camp will ever have the final say in this debate, and Joyce's erotic correspondence to Nora has muddied the story somewhat. A handjob or hand job is the sexual stimulation of a partners penis using the hands and fingers. ... Eroticism is an aesthetic focused on sexual desire, especially the feelings of anticipation of sexual activity. ...

In any event, the 1904 rendezvous began a long relationship that lasted till Joyce died, and eventually led to marriage, though only in 1931 (some say to appease Joyce's dying father).

Nora and James' relationship was very complex. They had different personalities, tastes and cultural interests. At the beginning they loved each other passionately and deeply, as witnessed by the sensual epistolary correspondence between the two. James seems to have admired and trusted her totally. Nora was well-disposed towards James, and seems to have tried to accommodate him. In anticipation of his move to Paris, Nora began studying French. Nora used to cook English puddings at Joyce's request and acquiesced in following him during his travels.

In 1904, Nora and James left Ireland for continental Europe, and in the following year they set up house in Trieste (at that time in Austria-Hungary). On June 27, 1905, Nora Barnacle gave birth to a son, Giorgio, and later to a daughter, Lucia, in July 26, 1907. A miscarriage in 1908 coincided with the beginning of a series of difficulties for Nora, which placed strain on her relationship with Joyce and made it increasingly conflictual. Although she remained by his side, she complained to her sister both about his personal qualities and his writings. Trieste (Italian: Trieste; Slovenian and Croatian: Trst; German: Triest; Hungarian: Trieszt; Latin: Tergeste; Serbian: Трст or Trst) is a city and port in northeastern Italy right on the border with Slovenia. ... June 27 is the 178th day of the year (179th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 187 days remaining. ... 1905 (MCMV) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar). ... Lucia Anna Joyce (July 26, 1907 - December 12, 1982), daughter of Irish writer James Joyce and Nora Barnacle, was born in Trieste, speaking Italian as her first language. ... July 26 is the 207th day (208th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 158 days remaining. ... 1907 (MCMVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Wednesday of the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ...

In these letters to her sister, she depicts her husband as a weak man and a neurotic artist. She accuses Joyce of ruining her life and that of their children. She says he drinks too much and wastes too much money. As for his literary activity, she laments the fact that his writings are obscure and lacking in sense. She hates attending his meetings with other artists and admits she would have preferred him had he been a musician rather than a writer.

Another challenge to the couple's relationship was posed by Lucia's mental disease. Nora believed hospitalization was required, but James was against it. Lucia's parents brought in many specialists and only in 1936 was she interned in a clinic. There, she was often visited by her father, but not her mother; Nora would refuse to see her daughter ever again.

Notwithstanding all the accusations and criticisms she levelled against Joyce, Nora married him in 1931. After living through Joyce's death in Zurich in 1941, Nora decided to remain there. She died in Zurich of uremic poisoning in 1951, aged 65. Acute renal failure (ARF) is a rapid loss of renal function due to damage to the kidneys, resulting in retention of nitrogenous (urea and creatinine) and non-nitrogenous waste products that are normally excreted by the kidney. ...

In 1988, Nora Barnacle was the subject of a feminist biography by Brenda Maddox, Nora. This in turn was made into a film in 1999, directed by Pat Murphy and starring Susan Lynch and Ewan McGregor. Feminism is a social theory and political movement primarily informed and motivated by the experience of women. ... The biographer Brenda Maddox is a Harvard graduate who has lived for many years in the UK. Her biographies of Elizabeth Taylor, D.H. Lawrence, Nora Joyce, W.B. Yeats and Rosalind Franklin have been widely acclaimed. ... // April 17 - Star Wars fans begin lining up at movie theaters in Westwood and Hollywood to buy tickets for Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace. ... Susan Lynch in Morlang Susan Lynch (born on June 5, 1971, in Corrinshego, Newry, County Down, Northern Ireland) is an Irish actress. ... Ewan Gordon McGregor (born March 31, 1971) is a Scottish actor who has had significant success in mainstream, indie and art house films. ...

In 2004, an erotic letter from Joyce to Barnacle sold at Sotheby's for $445,000 USD (a record amount for a modern-day letter at auction). PR shot of Sothebys New York, from auditions for The Apprentice 2  It should be possible to replace this fair use image with a freely licensed one. ...

Trivia

Joyce's father remarked, on learning Nora's surname, "She'll stick with him."