Irish author <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Joyce" id="mwxw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="James Joyce">James Joyce</a> begins a relationship with <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nora_Barnacle" id="mwyA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Nora Barnacle">Nora Barnacle</a> and subsequently uses the date to set the actions for his novel <i id="mwyQ"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ulysses_(novel)" id="mwyg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Ulysses (novel)">Ulysses</a></i>; this date is now traditionally called "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bloomsday" id="mwyw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Bloomsday">Bloomsday</a>".