Commemorative stamp features St Fin Barre’s Cathedral window

An Post have launched a new stamp commemorating the 150th Anniversary of the Disestablishment of the Church of Ireland which came into force on 1st January 1871.  The ‘N’ rate stamp, designed by Vermillion Design in Dublin, is an image of the Sun, Moon and Stars taken from one of the panels in the west rose window of St Fin Barre’s Cathedral, Cork.

The Archbishop of Dublin, Dr Michael Jackson, joined the Bishop of Cork, Dr Paul Colton and the Dean of Cork, the Very Revd Nigel Dunne, in the Cathedral before Christmas for a ‘photo launch’ which was officially…


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