translate English to German: Drapier's Letters (1724) was against the monopoly granted by the English government to William Wood to provide the Irish with copper coinage. In 1729, Swift wrote "A Modest Proposal", supposedly written by an intelligent and objective "political arithmetician" who had carefully studied Ireland before making his proposal.
Er schrieb danach mehrfach gegen die Zustände im englisch regierten Irland.