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.
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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.
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.
