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==Legacy== In 1980, the play ''Nora Barnacle'' by [[Maureen Charlton]], depicting the life of Barnacle and Joyce, debuted at the [[Dublin Theatre Festival]]. ''The Washington Post'' described the play as "the finest piece of theatre at this or at other theatre festival since ''[[The Cherry Orchard]]'' with [[Siobhán McKenna]] in 1968".<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.independent.ie/world-news/maureen-charlton-26312424.html |title=Maureen Charlton |date=19 August 2007 |newspaper=[[Irish Independent]] |location=Dublin |issn=0021-1222 |language=en |access-date=5 May 2021 |archive-date=5 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210505131539/https://www.independent.ie/world-news/maureen-charlton-26312424.html |url-status=live}}</ref> In 1988, Nora Barnacle was the subject of a biography by [[Brenda Maddox]], ''Nora: A Biography of Nora Joyce''.<ref name="Maddox">{{cite book |first=Brenda |last=Maddox |title=Nora: Biography of Nora Joyce|publisher=Hamish Hamilton |year=1988 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QtRaAAAAMAAJ |isbn=9780241123850 |access-date=16 June 2015 |archive-date=20 May 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160520162732/https://books.google.com/books?id=QtRaAAAAMAAJ |url-status=live}}</ref> In 2000, this biography was [[Nora (2000 film)|adapted into a film]] directed by [[Pat Murphy (director)|Pat Murphy]], starring [[Susan Lynch]] and [[Ewan McGregor]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0158033/ |title=Nora (2000) |website=imdb.com |access-date=16 June 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190429171454/https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0158033/ |archive-date=29 April 2019 }}</ref> In 2004, an erotic letter from Joyce to Barnacle sold at [[Sotheby's]] for £240,800, a record amount for a modern-day letter at auction.<ref name="bbc-2004-07-08" /> A novel, ''Nora'', by [[Nuala Ní Chonchúir|Nuala O'Connor]], was published in 2021.<ref>{{cite web |title=Nora: Nuala O'Connor brings Joyce's wife lustily to life |url=https://www.independent.ie/entertainment/books/book-reviews/nora-nuala-oconnor-brings-joyces-wifelustily-to-life-40424937.html |website=www.independent.ie |date=15 May 2021 |access-date=15 June 2022}}</ref> In 2023, [[Mary Morrissy]] published ''Penelope Unbound'', a novel which imagined a different outcome to the life of Nora Barnacle and Joyce after they arrived in [[Trieste]] in 1904.<ref>{{cite news| url = https://www.theguardian.com/books/2023/oct/03/penelope-unbound-by-mary-morrissy-review-masterly-alternative-life-of-nora-barnacle| title = Penelope Unbound by Mary Morrissy review – masterly alternative life of Nora Barnacle| author = [[John Banville]]| date = 3 October 2023| access-date = 23 November 2023|newspaper = The Guardian}}</ref> Nora Barnacle House Museum: Nora's childhood home in Bowling Green, Galway has been converted into a small museum dedicated to her life.
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