On February 20, 2020, AN POST issued a stamp to commemorate the War of Independence
marking the halfway point in the War, 100 years ago. The Irish War of
Independence is generally accepted to have taken place between the
British Crown forces and the Irish Republican Army (IRA) between January
1919 and July 1921. Violence extended both before and after these
dates.
Designed
by Ger Garland, the stamp features a detail from the painting ‘Men of
the South’ by Seán Keating, representing the military aspects of the
struggle for sovereignty. The painting portrays a ‘Flying Column’ of
the IRA lying in wait to ambush the British Crown forces.
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