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Gulliver fans celebrate three centuries of Jonathan Swift’s classic satire

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Events in Ireland mark the 300th anniversary of Jonathan Swift’s *Gulliver’s Travels*, celebrating the enduring impact of his anonymously published satirical masterpiece.

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Events in Ireland explore origins of Gulliver’s Travels, the Dublin clergyman’s book that became an instant hit in 1726In March 1726, an Irish clergyman visited London and arranged for a courier to deliver a manuscript to a publisher under cover of night. The dean of St Patrick’s Cathedral in Dublin knew his novel would cause trouble and wanted to publish it anonymously.His name was Jonathan Swift and the story was called Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World. The satirical work was published that October and is better known 300 years on as Gulliver’s Travels. Continue reading...

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