The Most Famous
COMPANIONS from Ireland
This page contains a list of the greatest Irish Companions. The pantheon dataset contains 784 Companions, 1 of which were born in Ireland. This makes Ireland the birth place of the 61st most number of Companions behind Cuba, and Bhutan.
Top 1
The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Irish Companions of all time. This list of famous Irish Companions is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography's online popularity.
1. Nora Barnacle (1884 - 1951)
With an HPI of 53.25, Nora Barnacle is the most famous Irish Companion. Her biography has been translated into 15 different languages on wikipedia.
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.
People
Pantheon has 1 people classified as Irish companions born between 1884 and 1884. Of these 1, none of them are still alive today. The most famous deceased Irish companions include Nora Barnacle.
