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Jonathan Swift blue plaque

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Jonathan Swift blue plaque
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Jonathan Swift served as prebendary at Old Church in County Antrim from 1695 to 1697, a brief residency now marked by a blue plaque. The Ulster History Circle recorded the fact on ceramic, fixing a wandering wit to one stone wall. Swift wrote Gulliver's Travels later, yet he first learned the shape of human folly in this small Irish church.
This blue commemorative plaque records: Jonathan Swift author of Gulliver's Travels Prebendary here 1695-97 Recorded plaque organisation: Ulster History Circle.
Jonathan Swift was an influential Anglo-Irish satirist, essayist, political pamphleteer, and author of "Gulliver's Travels," which is renowned for its sharp social commentary and satire.

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