asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs the number of stamps of special design issued in commemoration of persons or events during the period March, 1957, to date; and the persons and events so commemorated.
Written Answers. - Commemorative Stamps.
121.
I propose with your permission, a Cheann Comhairle, to have circulated with the Official Report a statement showing the information sought.
Following is the statement:—
During the period March, 1957, to date, 38 special postage stamps have been issued in commemoration of the following persons and events:
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1957 |
John Redmond. |
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Tomás Ó Criomhthain. |
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Admiral William Brown. |
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Father Luke Wadding. |
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1958 |
Thomas J. Clarke. |
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Mother Mary Aikenhead. |
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Twenty-first anniversary of the Constitution. |
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1959 |
Arthur Guinness. |
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1961 |
Founding of Aer Lingus (Irish International Airlines). |
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St. Patrick. |
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1962 |
Eugene O'Curry and John O'Donovan (on same stamp). |
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1963 |
Founding of the Red Cross. |
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1964 |
Wolfe Tone. |
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1965 |
Founding of International Telecommunication Union. |
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William Butler Yeats. |
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1966 |
1916 Rising. |
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Signatories of the Proclamation: |
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Patrick H. Pearse. |
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James Connolly. |
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Thomas J. Clarke. |
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Eamonn Ceannt. |
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Seán MacDiarmada. |
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Thomas MacDonagh. |
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Joseph Plunkett. |
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Roger Casement. |
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Founding of Ballintubber Abbey. |
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1967 |
Founding of the Canadian Confederation. |
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The Fenian Rising. |
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Jonathan Swift. |
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1968 |
Founding of St. Mary's Cathedral, Limerick. |
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James Connolly. |
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Countless Markievicz. |
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1969 |
The First Meeting of Dáil Éireann. |
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Founding of the International Labour Organisation. |
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Mahatma Gandhi. |
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1970 |
Yachting in Ireland and the founding of the Royal Cork Yacht Club. |
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Tomás MacCurtain. |
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Terence MacSwiney. |
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Kevin Barry. |