A few words With Nora Barnakl, the Maid Dublin Hotel Finn's (Ay, Finnegans Wake !), James Joyce meets June 16, 1904. It is this day, as you know, that will be chosen by Joyce as the time of the Ulysses, and subsequently will worldwide be celebrated by fans of the novel as Bloomsday . In the same year, Joyce with Nora (Barnacle - “Stuck” (English)) move to Trieste, where they spend for about 10 years. In 1931, 27 years later, they marry.