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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 4 September 2026
DESCRIPTION:The Library will be closed this morning\, Friday 4 September 2026\, to allow staff to attend the funeral service for Harry Carson\, former Governor and Guardian of the Library\, and a faithful supporter.
URL:https://armaghrobinsonlibrary.co.uk/event/morning-closure-4-september-2026/
CATEGORIES:Closure
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SUMMARY:Morning Closure 8 September 2026
DESCRIPTION:The Library will be closed this morning\, Tuesday 8 September 2026\, for a group visit.
URL:https://armaghrobinsonlibrary.co.uk/event/morning-closure-8-september-2026/
CATEGORIES:Closure
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SUMMARY:Morning Closure 10 September 2026
DESCRIPTION:The Library will be closed this morning\, Thursday 10 September 2026\, for a group visit.
URL:https://armaghrobinsonlibrary.co.uk/event/morning-closure-10-september-2026/
CATEGORIES:Closure
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260912T000000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260913T235959
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SUMMARY:European Heritage Open Days 2026
DESCRIPTION:The Library and No 5 will open for European Heritage Open Days 2026 on Saturday 12 September and Sunday 13 September. \n\n\n\nSaturday 12 September \n\n\n\n\nArmagh Robinson Library – 11.00am to 5.00pm\n\n\n\nNo 5 Vicars’ Hill – 11.00am to 5.00pm\n\n\n\nCathedral – 10.00am to 5.00pm\n\n\n\n\nSunday 13 September\n\n\n\n\nArmagh Robinson Library – 2.00pm to 5.00pm\n\n\n\nNo 5 Vicars’ Hill – 2.00pm to 5.00pm\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe theme for EHOD this year is ‘Heritage at Risk: Revive\, Resist\, Reimagine’. The buildings open for this annual event will show the traditions and skills applied in their construction. It will also show how the built heritage needs to be protected for the future. More than 500 buildings and venues throughout Northern Ireland will be open for EHOD. In the City of Armagh alone\, 11 buildings will be open\, including churches and museums\, and the Hill of Armagh sits well within those categories. \n\n\n\nThe Library will have on display the 1770 original drawings of the Library building by the architect Thomas Cooley whose work is also known elsewhere in Armagh. Indeed\, the Library’s second building at No 5 Vicars’ Hill is also a Cooley design. From the outside\, No 5 looks like a modest dwelling house\, and visitors are often surprised when they actually enter the building. 18th century craftsmanship is shown off well in both buildings. \n\n\n\n\n\nSt Patrick’s Church of Ireland Cathedral\, Armagh will also be open for EHOD on the Saturday from 10.00am to 5.00pm and will be open for services on Sunday\, but not for EHOD. Visitors may view the architecture and gain that sense of stepping back in time over many centuries on the ancient sacred site that is the Hill of Armagh.The Very Revd Shane Forster\, who is both the Dean of Armagh and Keeper of Armagh Robinson Library and No 5\, said\, “All three buildings on the Hill of Armagh\, which I am a custodian of\, tell the story of how our predecessors lived\, learned and prayed. Yet they are not museums that simply look back to the past but are architectural gems which are still open to the public today\, very much loved and relevant in the current age. Come\, explore and walk in the steps of St Patrick\, High King Brian Boru and Archbishop Richard Robinson.” \n\n\n\nFor more information\, please go to:https://discovernorthernireland.com/european-heritage-open-days/
URL:https://armaghrobinsonlibrary.co.uk/event/european-heritage-open-days-2026/
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SUMMARY:Morning Closure 17 September 2026
DESCRIPTION:The Library will be closed this morning\, Thursday 17 September 2026\, due to the quarterly Governors and Guardians meeting taking place in the Long Room.
URL:https://armaghrobinsonlibrary.co.uk/event/morning-closure-library-17-september-2026/
CATEGORIES:Closure
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SUMMARY:Lecture | Gulliver's Travels in Its Contemporary Moment
DESCRIPTION:The first lecture in the series to coincide with the 300th anniversary of the first publication of Gulliver’s Travels\, Gulliver’s Travels in Its Contemporary Moment\, will be given on Wednesday 28 October 2026\, by Professor Ian Campbell Ross\, Professor Emeritus Trinity College Dublin. \n\n\n\nBooking\n\n\n\nAdmission is free\, but booking is essential by e-mailing: admin@armaghrobinsonlibrary.co.uk .
URL:https://armaghrobinsonlibrary.co.uk/event/gullivers-travels-in-its-contemporary-moment/
CATEGORIES:Lecture
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SUMMARY:Lecture | The Armagh Gulliver
DESCRIPTION:The second lecture in the series to coincide with the 300th anniversary of the first publication of Gulliver’s Travels\, The Armagh Gulliver\, 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 by e-mailing: admin@armaghrobinsonlibrary.co.uk .
URL:https://armaghrobinsonlibrary.co.uk/event/the-armagh-gulliver/
CATEGORIES:Lecture
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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/
CATEGORIES:Closure
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SUMMARY:Annual Rokeby Lecture | Gulliver's Travels Now
DESCRIPTION:The annual Rokeby lecture is third and 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\, Brean Hammond: Emeritus Professor of Modern English Literature\, University of Nottingham\, will ask: what is the continuing significance of Gulliver’s Travels and indeed of literary satire\, now? \n\n\n\nBooking\n\n\n\nAdmission is free\, but booking is essential by e-mailing: admin@armaghrobinsonlibrary.co.uk . \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\n\n\n\n\n\nJonathan Swift’s Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World\, better known as Gulliver’s Travels\, was published in London by Benjamin Motte on 28 October 1726. This edition was a bitter disappointment to Swift both for its carelessness and because it contained altered and omitted passages. An early witness to Swift’s unhappiness is the large-paper copy on permanent display in the Long Room in the Armagh Robinson Library that is believed to have been annotated by Swift himself.  \n\n\n\nIn 1735\, Dublin publisher George Faulkner brought out a new version as part of a complete edition of Swift’s writings that promised to set the text to rights. \n\n\n\nWhere\, then\, is there a more appropriate venue for a lecture on Gulliver’s Travels? But why lecture on it at all? Why\, 300 years later\, are we still reading it? What might it have to say to the reader who picks it up for the first time in 2026? In this year’s Rokeby Lecture\, Brean Hammond asks what is the continuing significance of Gulliver’s Travels and indeed of literary satire\, now? \n\n\n\n\n\nBrean Hammond\n\n\n\nBrean Hammond is Emeritus Professor of Modern English Literature at the University of Nottingham. Amongst his most significant book publications are Professional Imaginative Writing in England 1670-1740 (Oxford University Clarendon Press\, 1997)\, Double Falsehood (The Arden Shakespeare\, 2010)\, Jonathan Swift (Irish Academic Press\, 2010) and Tragicomedy (Methuen\, 2021).  \n\n\n\nHe has written many articles on Jonathan Swift including\, most recently\, contributions to The Cambridge Companion to Gulliver’s Travels (CUP\, 2024) and Jonathan Swift in Context (CUP\, 2024).  \n\n\n\nHe also writes prose fiction and theatre pieces. His music-theatre play Master Byrd has been widely performed in England and overseas. In 2026 it can be seen at the Stour Festival and at the Guernsey Music Festival with music provided by the acclaimed ensemble Stile Antico.
URL:https://armaghrobinsonlibrary.co.uk/event/gullivers-travels-now/
CATEGORIES:Lecture
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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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