James Joyce James Joyce James Augustine Aloysius Joyce (2 February 1882 – 13 January 1941) was an Irish novelist, short story writer, and poet. He contributed to the modernist avant-garde and is regarded as one of the most influential and important authors of the 20th century. Joyce is best known for "Ulysses" (1922), a landmark work in which the episodes of Homer's "Odyssey" are paralleled in a variety of literary styles, most famously stream of consciousness. Other well-known works are the short-story collection "Dubliners" (1914), and the novels "A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man" (1916) and "Finnegans Wake" (1939).
LÉ James Joyce (P62) LÉ James Joyce (P62) LÉ "James Joyce" (P62) is a (OPV) which was built by Babcock Marine Appledore for the Irish Naval Service. Although questioned by some descendants of the author, the ship was named for writer James Joyce. In October 2010, the Irish Naval Service ordered a number of new offshore patrol vessels from Babcock Marine, a UK-based shipbuilder operating out of Appledore, North Devon. Like the similar "Róisín"-class OPV, "James Joyce" was designed by Vard Marine. In July 2013, the name of the vessel, "James Joyce" was announced by the Minister for Defence Alan Shatter in Dáil Éireann.