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Students in the Department of English celebrate the 300th anniversary of the publication of Jonathan Swift’s Gulliver’s Travels
28th October 2026 was the 300th anniversary of the publication of Jonathan Swift's masterpiece Gulliver's Travels. To mark the occasion, Dr Clíona Ó Gallchoir brought students from EN2023 Eighteenth-Century Literature and EN2078 Colony and Nation to visit Special Collections UCC. There were several items relating to Swift on display, including a beautiful early edition of Gulliver's Travels. The highlight of the visit was seeing the Salvage Press Edition of Swift's A Modest Proposal. Dr Liz Quirke, Lecturer in Poetry, spoke about the poems and artwork in this stunning edition. The Salvage Press
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