Royal Mail's festive collection for 2024 features illustrations of five cathedrals, including one in Northern Ireland.
The Dean of Armagh, the Very Reverend Shane Forster, with a larger than life stampThis year’s festive collection features illustrations of five cathedrals, including St Patrick’s Church of Ireland Cathedral in Armagh.The Dean of Armagh, the Very Reverend Shane Forster, said he was delighted the cathedral had been chosen and the artist had portrayed a “lovely traditional winter scene”.The drawings are the work of Cornwall-based artist Judy Joel.
Dean Forster said she was to be congratulated for creating a very special set of seasonal stamps which send out a message of joy and hope at Christmas. “The cathedrals that feature on the stamps stand as symbols of faith at the very centre of each picture and at the heart of their local communities,” he added.Another one from Northern Ireland?Alas, it is not the Bangor of County Down. While it may now be a city, it does not have a cathedral.The history of St Patrick'sThe Church of Ireland cathedral stands on the hill from which the city derives its name - Ard Mhacha, the Height of Macha.
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