Pat Murphy (born 1951) is an Irish feminist filmmaker and lecturer, the director of Maeve (1981), Anne Devlin (1984), and Nora (2000).
Pat Murphy (born 1951) is an Irish feminist filmmaker and lecturer, the director of Maeve (1981), Anne Devlin (1984), and Nora (2000).
Nora is a 2000 film directed by Pat Murphy about Nora Barnacle and her husband, Irish author James Joyce. It stars Ewan McGregor as Joyce and Susan Lynch in the title role.
Nora Barnacle Joyce (born Norah Barnacle; 21 March 1884 – 10 April 1951) was the muse and wife of Irish author James Joyce.
Barnacle and Joyce's life together has been the subject of much popular interest. Nora Barnacle, a 1980 play by Maureen Charlton, was made about their relationship. Barnacle was the subject of a 1988 biography, Nora: A Biography of Nora Joyce, by Brenda Maddox, which was adapted into a 2000 Irish film, Nora, directed by Pat Murphy, and starring Susan Lynch and Ewan McGregor.