New Stamp Launched To Mark Centenary Birthday Of Clare-born Former President

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An Post has issued a new stamp to mark the birth centenary of a Clare born former president.

Dr Patrick J. Hillery, who was born in Miltown Malbay on Mary 2nd, 1923 had a distinguished career in public life, culminating in serving as President of Ireland for two terms from 1976 to 1990.

He’d previously held several senior ministerial posts before becoming Ireland’s first European Commissioner in 1973, when the country joined the EEC and as the Commission’s vice-president, he had special responsibility for Social Affairs.

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The ‘N’ rate stamp, which has been designed by Dublin design agency, So Studio, features a portrait of President Hillery by John F. Kelly, which hangs in Áras an Uachtaráin.