Throughout her thirty six years with her beloved James Joyce, Nora’s understanding, loyalty and compassion were to be severely tested but were never found wanting.
I have not killed the warm, impulsive, life givinglove of your rich nature.” Nora was a woman of great compassion. “ One cruelty, at least,I have not been guilty of. ‘The Dead’ is a story of what life would have been like for James Joyce and Nora Barnacle if they had remained in Dublin. James Joyce was an insanely jealous man and through the character of Michael Furey he tries to exorcise Michael Bodkin in ‘The Dead’. Even my own native village is mentioned in ‘The Dead’ “ I cycled to Oughterard on Sunday and visited the graveyard of The Dead.” Michael Bodkin was born where Richardson’s pub, Eyre Square, is to day.
Michael Furey’s character is the story of Michael Bodkin who was Nora Barnacle’s first love. Molly Ivers the bright spark in the story is from Galway. Gabriel Conroy the main character is actually James Joyce himself and Gabriel’s wife Gretta portrays the character of Nora Barnacle - James Joyce’s partner from Bowling Green, Galway City. Professor Mc Dermott outlined the Galway connections in this famous literary work. John Hueston in his film “The Dead” has captured what James Joyce intended in this story when he transformed a personal experience into an amazing work of art. Many avid readers find it difficult to read James Joyce’s writings – Ulysses and his short stories but all has changed, “changed utterly” for the people of Oughterard who attended an inspiring lecture on James Joyce’s short story, one of the greatest short stories ever written “The Dead” given by Professor Hubert Mc Dermott at the Oughterard Tourist Office in May 2011. Lecture: James Joyce’s ‘The Dead’ – Galway/ Oughterard connections by Professor Hubert Mc Dermott N.U.I.G Galway
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