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

Events in Ireland explore origins of Gulliver’s Travels, the Dublin clergyman’s book that became an instant hit in 1726 In 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…