Historical Events tagged with "bloomsday"
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James Joyce and Nora Barnacle's Relationship Begins
James Joyce began a romantic relationship with Nora Barnacle, an encounter that would profoundly influence his literary career. Joyce met Barnacle, a young woman from Galway, when she was working as a chambermaid in Dublin. Their meeting sparked a connection that led to a lifelong partnership and was later immortalized in Joyce's monumental work, 'Ulysses', which takes place on the same date they first met. This day, marked by their love story, has since become celebrated as Bloomsday, attracting admirers and scholars of Joyce's work each year in Dublin and beyond.
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