Maureen O'Hara (née FitzSimons; 17 August 1920 – 24 October 2015) was an Irish-born naturalised American actress and singer, who became successful in Hollywood from the 1940s through to the 1960s. She trained with the Rathmines Theatre Company from the age of 10 and at the Abbey Theatre from the age of 14. She was given a screen test, which was deemed unsatisfactory, but Charles Laughton saw potential in her, and arranged for her to co-star with him in Alfred Hitchcock's "Jamaica Inn" in 1939. She moved to Hollywood the same year to appear with him in the production of "The Hunchback of Notre Dame", and was given a contract by RKO Pictures.
O'Hara appeared in films such as "How Green Was My Valley" (1941) (her first collaboration with John Ford), "The Black Swan" with Tyrone Power (1942), "The Spanish Main" (1945), "Sinbad the Sailor" (1947) with Anthony Quinn, the Christmas classic "Miracle on 34th Street" (1947) with John Payne and Natalie Wood, and "Comanche Territory" (1950). O'Hara made her first film with John Wayne, the actor with whom she is most closely associated, in "Rio Grande" (1950); this was followed by "The Quiet Man" (1952), "The Wings of Eagles" (1957), "McLintock!" (1963), and "Big Jake" (1971).
This particular First Day Cover was a Setanta, as opposed to An Post, issue with one 'N' value stamp of O'Hara. It was affixed with the "BAILE ATA CLIATH" steel cancellation postmark, along with the Dublin special cancellation for First Day of Issue. It should be noted that this was a scarce, privately produced and limited edition cover of actress Maureen O'Hara.
Lastly, this stamp was designed by Oonagh Young at Irish firm Design HQ.
Source: An Post and Wikipedia
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