# Richie Goulding — Ulysses character guide

> Richie Goulding in Ulysses by James Joyce.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Richie Goulding, Goulding, Richie, keen Richie, Richie rift, Dick, Richie Goulding Bagweighted, Richie Goodgod

**First appearance:** 0011-x

## Who they are

Stephen's uncle, a poor and deaf clerk.

## Relationships

### [Stephen Dedalus](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/ulysses_se/characters/stephen_dedalus)

_family_

Richie Goulding is Stephen's maternal uncle, a kind but impoverished man whom Stephen visits and feels a distant familial connection to.

### [Stephen Dedalus](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/ulysses_se/characters/stephen_dedalus)

_family_

Richie Goulding is Stephen's maternal uncle, a kind but impoverished man whom Stephen visits and feels a distant familial connection to.

### [Stephen Dedalus](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/ulysses_se/characters/stephen_dedalus)

_family_

Richie Goulding is Stephen's maternal uncle, a kind but impoverished man whom Stephen visits and feels a distant familial connection to.

## In the story

### [Proteus](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/ulysses_se/chapters/iii)

Stephen's uncle; Stephen visits him in his bed, where Richie offers whiskey and recalls family dynamics.

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