Since I am currently working my way through Gulliver's Travels, it seems fitting to share this famous Irish author's bio today.  (Had you caught on to the theme yet?  If not, I just gave it away - Happy Irish month!  I figure what better time than this to learn a bit more about the great men and women who have truly lived with Irish blood flowing through their veins.)

Jonathan Swift was born on November 30, 1667 in Dublin, Ireland. He attended, Kilkenny School, and Trinity College, received an M.A. from Oxford, and became the Dean of St. Patrick's Cathedral. He was very politically involved, writing for both the Whigs and the Tories. "Gulliver's Travels," his best known work, was published in 1726 without Swift's name.