HIST 383 Lecture 15: The Irish Lecture
Document Summary
Modest proposal: trying to get reader to think about the relationship between ireland and britain. One of the first irish patriot; swift born in ireland, lived in england (becomes chief pro- pagandists for english tories; writes the letter for allies); goes back to ireland. Tried to gain a role as a bishop in england (much richer in england than in ireland), but never happened. Queen anne didn"t like him for the tale of the toe; thought it was disgusting and didn"t want him to be a bishop in her church. He shot his mouth off in print too much to be trusted as a bishop. Sent back to ireland; dean of st. patrick"s cathedral in dublin. Redefines his role as a champion of irish patriotism: writes modest proposal and the. A kingdom: the king of ireland always has to be the king of england; system existed since the middle ages.
