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SUMMARY:Exhibition | Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World : Gulliver's Travels at 300
DESCRIPTION:2026 marks the 300th anniversary of the first edition of Travels Into Several Remote Nations of the World. This work\, written by Jonathan Swift\, is commonly known as Gulliver’s Travels. \n\n\n\nThe first edition of Gulliver’s Travels was published on 28 October 1726. It sold out within a week\, and within two months a second and third edition were printed. The work was the talk of the town. \n\n\n\nThe Library is very proud to own Jonathan Swift’s own large paper copy of that first edition. This copy contains annotations by Swift’s own hand. \n\n\n\nThis exhibition explores Gulliver’s Travels as a commentary on 18th century society\, politics\, science\, education\, and human nature. \n\n\n\nIt also takes into consideration the pitfalls of the publishing process at the time\, and the consequences of Swift’s methods.
URL:https://armaghrobinsonlibrary.co.uk/event/exhibition-travels-into-several-remote-nations-of-the-world-gullivers-travels-at-300/
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SUMMARY:Morning Closure 10 November 2026
DESCRIPTION:The Library will be closed this morning\, Tuesday 10 November 2026\, for a  group visit.
URL:https://armaghrobinsonlibrary.co.uk/event/morning-closure-10-november-2026/
CATEGORIES:Closure
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SUMMARY:Morning Closure 12 November 2026
DESCRIPTION:The Library will be closed this morning\, Thursday 12 November 2026\, due to a Morning on the Hill School visit.
URL:https://armaghrobinsonlibrary.co.uk/event/morning-closure-12-november-2026/
CATEGORIES:Closure
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SUMMARY:Lecture | The Armagh Gulliver
DESCRIPTION:The lecture The Armagh Gulliver\, part of the series to coincide with the 300th anniversary of the first publication of Gulliver’s Travels\, will be given on Thursday 12 November 2026\, by Professor Moira Hazlett (School of Arts\, English and Languages\, Queen’s University Belfast). \n\n\n\nBooking\n\n\n\nAdmission is free\, but booking is essential via email admin@armaghrobinsonlibrary.co.uk \, or phone 028-37523142. \n\n\n\n\nBook your place\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAs part of  Armagh Robinson Library’s three-part series\, the second lecture\, The Armagh Gulliver’s Travels\, will be given by Professor Moyra Haslett on Thursday 12 November 2026 at 7.30pm.   \n\n\n\nThe Armagh Gulliver’s Travels will highlight the three hundredth anniversary of Jonathan Swift’s own copy of Travels Into Several Remote Nations of the World. In Four Parts. By Lemuel Gulliver\, better known as Gulliver’s Travels. \n\n\n\nProfessor Moyra Haslett has published widely on the literature and culture of the period 1680-1830.  Her first book\, on the poetry of Lord Byron\, was awarded the Rose Mary Crawshay prize by the British Academy in 1996; more recent work has focused on Irish writing in English and women’s writing.   \n\n\n\nHer published research on Jonathan Swift includes studies of his poetry\, public and private celebrations of his birthday\, his involvement in conversational culture and the political ballads which were written in his praise in Dublin 1724-25.  She is currently preparing an article on Swift and court culture. Moyra has taught English literature at Queen’s University Belfast since 1999\, becoming Professor of Eighteenth-Century and Romantic Literature in 2012.  In recognition of her scholarship\, she was elected to the Royal Irish Academy in 2019. \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\nIn advance of her lecture in Armagh\, Moyra said: \n\n\n\n\n I am really looking forward to talking about Armagh Robinson Library’s copy of Gulliver’s Travels – a truly unique copy in being the only copy of the book known to have been owned by Swift and with annotated corrections in his own hand. I’ll be taking a look at those corrections and outlining their significance for Swift and the book’s first readers. The story of the ‘Armagh Gulliver’ is a fascinating one: it raises some unresolved questions but also has much to tell us about this famous work. \n\n\n\n\nPublished in London in 1726 by Benjamin Motte\, Swift discovered that his publisher had changed words and phrases without his knowledge. Swift had used many of those phrases to criticise important people and institutions of the day. He made changes to the text in this 1726 copy to prepare for a second publication. \n\n\n\nKeeper of Armagh Robinson Library\, the Very Revd Shane Forster\, added\,  \n\n\n\n\nAs we celebrate the tercentenary of the publication of Gulliver’s Travels\, we are delighted that Professor Moyra Haslett will be giving the second in the series of lectures\, focussing in on Jonathan Swift’s annotated notes within his own copy of the book\, which is owned by Armagh Robinson Library. We are grateful to Professor Haslett and to Queen’s University Belfast for their generous support of this series of lectures.  Armagh Robinson Library’s exhibition Gulliver at 300 will remain on display until the end of this year. Created in-house by the Library’s Archivist\, Thirza Mulder\, the exhibition explores Swift’s work as a commentary on 18th century society\, politics\, science\, education and human nature.
URL:https://armaghrobinsonlibrary.co.uk/event/the-armagh-gulliver/
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SUMMARY:Morning Closure Library 26 November 2026
DESCRIPTION:The Library will be closed this morning\, Thursday 26 November 2026\, due to the quarterly meeting  of the Governors and Guardians.
URL:https://armaghrobinsonlibrary.co.uk/event/morning-closure-library-26-november-2026/
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SUMMARY:Annual Rokeby Lecture
DESCRIPTION:The annual Rokeby lecture is the last lecture in the series to coincide with the 300th anniversary of the first publication of Gulliver’s Travels. \n\n\n\nOn Thursday 26 November 2026\, the annual Rokeby lecture will be held in the library at 7.30 pm. Speaker and subject are to be confirmed. \n\n\n\nBooking\n\n\n\nAdmission is free\, but booking is essential by e-mailing: admin@armaghrobinsonlibrary.co.uk . \n\n\n\nSupported by Queen’s University Belfast.
URL:https://armaghrobinsonlibrary.co.uk/event/annual-rokeby-lecture-2-2026/
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SUMMARY:Georgian Festival 2026
DESCRIPTION:Armagh Robinson Library & No 5 Vicars’ Hill will be open for the Georgian Festival on Saturday 28th November and Sunday 29th November 2026. \n\n\n\n\nSat 28 November from 12pm to 5pm\n\n\n\nSun 29 November from 2pm to 5pm\n\n\n\n\nAll events are drop in – no booking required – free of charge\, donations welcome. \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\nLibrary staff and volunteers will be to answer any questions about the Library’s treasures. Both the Library and No 5 Vicars’ Hill will also have Georgian Living History Interpreters present. \n\n\n\nIn the Library\, we will have a caricaturist in the Library on the Saturday afternoon\, and a silhouette cutter on the Sunday afternoon.   \n\n\n\nIn No 5 Vicars’ Hill\, we will have a wax sealing activity on Saturday\, highlighting its early use as a registry.
URL:https://armaghrobinsonlibrary.co.uk/event/georgian-festival-2026/
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