# Gerty MacDowell — Ulysses character guide

> Gerty MacDowell in Ulysses by James Joyce.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** Gerty, Gerty MacDowell, a MacDowell

**First appearance:** 0013-xii

## Who they are

A young woman on Sandymount strand who has a silent encounter with Bloom.

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