Peter Costello
Dean Swift, portrait by Offaly-born artist Charles Jervas or Gervais, c. 1710. Photo: Wiki images. This year marks the 300th anniversary of the appearance of Gulliver’s Travels in the autumn of 1726 from a printer in London. The publication date is usually held to be November 30, but it is today often compounded with the date of the demented Swift’s death on October 19 (in 1745), which is to be…
