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Great Irish Song Stamps

By Patricia Harty, Editor-in-Chief
May / June 2019

May 1, 2019 by By <a href="https://irishamerica.com/2011/12/patricia-harty/">Patricia Harty</a>, Editor-in-Chief<br/><a href="https://irishamerica.com/archives/2019-archive/may-june-2019/">May / June 2019</a> Leave a Comment

U2 and The Cranberries are among notable Irish musicians featured on a new set of stamps celebrating great Irish songs. The Cranberries’ global smash hit “Dreams” is included along with U2’s “With or Without You,” “Danny Boy” by John McCormack, and “On Raglan Road” by Luke Kelly. Each of the songs have been chosen by An Post (the Irish postal administration) because of the way … [Read more...] about Great Irish Song Stamps

November 30, 1667

On this day in 1667, Jonathan Swift was born in Dublin, Ireland. Swift made a successful career as a satirist, essayist, poet and clergyman. His most famous works include “Gulliver’s Travels,” “Drapier’s Letters,” “The Battle of the Books,” and “A Modest Proposal,” which satirical poked fun at the English approach to the Irish, claiming that impoverished Irishmen could alleviate their troubles by selling their children for food. Swift would later become Dean of St. Patrick’s Cathedral in Dublin.

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