June 14th should have been the day Joyce and Nora had their first date. They had arranged to on Merrion Square. However Nora never showed up!
On June 15th, Nora agreed to meet instead on June 16th.
Photo credit to the oscarwildehouse.com
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, and has come to be known and celebrated around the world as Bloomsday. Nora was born in Galway city in 1884. 2/2
#JamesJoyce #NoraBarnacle #Dublin #Galway #Ulysses #OnThisDay
"Love loves to love love."
📖 #OTD in the #History of #Literature 10 June 1904, #JamesJoyce first set his eyes on his great love and muse #NoraBarnacle on Nassau Street, Dublin. Joyce introduced himself to his future wife and later arranged an outing on 16 June 1904.
Lincoln’s Inn This was the original front door of Finn's Hotel Nora Barnacle worked here in June 1904
My favorite moment from yesterday's walk.
We stepped into this doorway to consult a map, with no idea we were standing at ground zero of literary history. I love that the door ONLY mentions her name. IYKYK.
#Dublin #NoraBarnacle #JamesJoyce
In this excellent alternative fiction, #MaryMorrissy takes a significant turning point in the relationship of #NoraBarnacle and #JamesJoyce and reimagines everything that happens to them beyond that day.
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It's very personal, but I just see so much of Dublin in this frame. Possibly of my favourites shots since march 2024 when I picked up my cameras again and started off with street photography.
#dublin #Ireland #streetphotography #fujifilm #streetart #jamesjoyce #norabarnacle #dublincanvas
#NoraBarnacle ditchs #JamesJoyce after waiting 10 hours at Trieste train station, in this alternative narrative imagined by #MaryMorrissy
So what might have happened to her had she not waited for him, as she did in real life?
Penelope Unbound by Mary Morrissy
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