The Fools, The Fools, The Fools

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Feargal Purcell writes:

An Post’s new 70c stamp marking the centenary of Pádraig Pearse’s historic speech at the graveside of O’Donovan Rossa was today unveiled in Rosscarbery, Co Cork by John Whelpley, great-grandson of Jerimiah O’Donovan Rossa.

Designed by Red&Grey Design, the stamp features a graveside photograph of Pádraig from the Keogh Collection at the National Library and may be viewed or purchased at our website [link below], at main post offices and the GPO Dublin. A limited edition First Day Cover envelope is also available….

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17 thoughts on “The Fools, The Fools, The Fools”

The Old Boy July 30, 2015 at 12:47 pm

I’ve never seen that photograph before. Very interesting.

That said, how often do we actually see these special edition stamps? Unless you buy a book of them, post offices just print the required denomination off on those rather unsatisfactory reels of “blank” stamps.

bobojoc July 30, 2015 at 1:39 pm

Not on this type of stamp. These aren’t on rolls, they’re good old fashioned, lick the back of them, gummed stamps! Only a limited supply of gummed stamps are produced and even less now since they’ve introduced the ‘rolls’ system in post offices.

Dave July 30, 2015 at 12:49 pm

Looks like he’s reading out a winning raffle ticket.

James M July 30, 2015 at 12:57 pm

It has seemed right, now Jerry’s deceased
that I or some grey-hair give speech.
They think they’ve foretold,
but these graves we still hold,
so we’ll not leave the buggers in peace.

Sheila July 30, 2015 at 1:13 pm

70c? Feck

Clampers Outside! July 30, 2015 at 1:43 pm

Was it for that? !

Joxer July 30, 2015 at 1:29 pm

Sorry – but that was designed? sticking a few words onto a picture is designing now???

PeteS July 30, 2015 at 1:34 pm

Come on now. There’s a lot of design that goes into it. Like, what font to use, and… eh…
Tidy Dave July 30, 2015 at 4:42 pm

My thoughts exactly! If this is exactly what the stamp will look like, well – it’s more like “cropped by Red & Grey Design”.

Nollaig July 30, 2015 at 2:03 pm

Just another stamp from the government to appease the gay lobby apparently. All men don’t ya see….

Jake38 July 30, 2015 at 2:10 pm

Padraing Pearse preparing to wrest the country from the British and hand it over to the Catholic Church.

classter July 30, 2015 at 3:02 pm

Pearse may have been extremely religious but he was also quite anti-clerical and often spoke of the need for all religions in Ireland to unite. What suggests he wanted to hand Ireland ‘over to the Catholic Church’?
1. Jake38 July 30, 2015 at 3:07 pm
  
  It happened.
  1. dereviled July 30, 2015 at 3:16 pm
    
    In 1937.
  2. classter July 30, 2015 at 4:46 pm
    
    Well after he was dead.