September 19, 2026

Rathgar in Dublin is where this Irish modernist author was born, at 41 Brighton Square, on 2 February 1882. Sandymount Strand, a nearby Dublin coastal spot, provided the setting for two episodes of his epic novel 'Ulysses'. Which author is this?

A George Bernard Shaw
B James Joyce
C Cormac McCarthy
D Mary Shelley

James Joyce (1882–1941) grew up in the Rathgar and Sandymount area of Dublin, later exiling himself to Trieste, Zurich and Paris. Sandymount Strand appears in the 'Proteus' and 'Nausicaa' episodes of Ulysses.

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