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Nora Barnacle

1884 - 1951

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Nora Barnacle (21 March 1884 – 10 April 1951) was the muse and wife of Irish author James Joyce. Barnacle and Joyce had their first romantic outing in 1904 on a date celebrated worldwide as "Bloomsday" after his modernist novel Ulysses. Barnacle did not, however, enjoy the novel. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Nora Barnacle has received more than 855,789 page views. Her biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Nora Barnacle is the 752nd most popular companion, the 199th most popular biography from Ireland and the most popular Irish Companion.

Memorability Metrics

  • 860k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 48.44

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.75

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.76

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among COMPANIONS

Among companions, Nora Barnacle ranks 752 out of 784. Before her are Irene Gattilusio, Marina Severa, Ankhesenpepi IV, Princess Sophia Hedwig of Denmark, Valeria Maximilla, and Khenemetneferhedjet I. After her are Kim Yoon-ok, Galina Lukashenko, Cynethryth, Maureen Starkey Tigrett, Morphia of Melitene, and Catherine Sunesdotter.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1884, Nora Barnacle ranks 174. Before her are Carl Holmberg, Michel de Klerk, Molla Mallory, John Hutchinson, York Bowen, and Ali Aaltonen. After her are Rodney Heath, Otto Froitzheim, Joseph Sweeney, Sofiya Nalepinska-Boychuk, Harry Ferguson, and Har Dayal. Among people deceased in 1951, Nora Barnacle ranks 132. Before her are Hasrat Mohani, Leopold Andrian, Richard Schorr, Ricardo Leoncio Elías Arias, Nils Rosén, and Levon Shant. After her are Will Keith Kellogg, Fanny Brice, María Grever, Ignaty Krachkovsky, Gunnar Lindström, and Pauline Pfeiffer.

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In Ireland

Among people born in Ireland, Nora Barnacle ranks 199 out of 549. Before her are Steve Barron (1956), Cecil Day-Lewis (1904), Peter Woulfe (1727), Barney McKenna (1939), Seán T. O'Kelly (1882), and Stephen Roche (1959). After her are Margaret Lindsay Huggins (1848), Alicia Boole Stott (1860), Richard Todd (1919), Patrick Ryan (1881), Augusta, Lady Gregory (1852), and Sara Allgood (1879).

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Among COMPANIONS In Ireland

Among companions born in Ireland, Nora Barnacle ranks 1. 

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