Joyce County: Galway and James Joyce

by Ray Burke

A look at James Joyce's Galway. Written in an accessible style for the general reader, this book nonetheless contains considerable new information, such as the first detailed account of the suspicious grounding of a passenger ship in Galway Bay in 1858, an event that gripped Joyce's imagination and features in Ulysses. It also gives fresh insights into Nora Barnacle's influence on Joyce's writings and his relationship with his only daughter Lucia, `a granddaughter of Galway.'

Genres: Nonfiction, Ireland

192 pages, Paperback

Published July 22, 2016

Reviews

[Dylan Rock · Rating 4 out of 5]

A fascinating study of a important city and county that is not often associated with James Joyce as Dublin but equally important as it was the birth place of his wife Nora who was possibly the most important person in his life