Event
As part of the Swift 350 Festival, celebrating the 350th birthday of Jonathan Swift – the writer of Gulliver’s Travels and founder of St Patrick’s University Hospital – St Patrick’s Mental Health Services will host three atmospheric tours in November exploring Swift’s Dublin and his legacy in the environs of the hospital.
The tours will feature some of the hospital’s collection of paintings, Swift’s writing bureau and a reconstructed patient’s cell from the 1750s. Led by theatre maker Alice Coghlan of Wonderland Productions, who has adapted Swift for the stage, and in collaboration with the hospital’s Twilight Programme, this tour will include a special performance by actor Damien Devaney. Explore the Dublin of the hospital’s famous founder and his legacy.
Thursday 23 November
Board Room
6.30 – 8.30pm
Meeting at the Historical Entrance of the Hospital at 6.15pm
Friday 24 November
Board Room
6.30 – 8.30pm
Meeting at the Historical Entrance of the Hospital at 6.15pm
Sunday 26 November
Board Room
10.30am – 12.30pm
Meeting at the Historical Entrance of the Hospital at 10.15am
Tours limited to 35 people.
The Tour will be 1 hour 45 minutes with a 15 minute Q&A.
Booking via Eventbrite:
www.eventbrite.ie/e/swift-historical-tours-tickets-36354502295
