LOUISA NOLAN was just 18 years old when she was awarded the Military Medal by the British Monarchy for her actions during the 1916 Easter Rising in Dublin. The daughter of the former head constable of the Royal Irish Constabulary (Ireland’s police force before 1922), the Ringsend teenager was a chorus girl at the Gaiety Theatre.
On 24 February 1917, King George honoured her with the medal for heroism during Easter Week, 1916. She tended to “wounded officers and men” during a battle on Mount Street Bridge. “Miss Nolan went calmly through a hail of bullets and carried water and other comforts to the wounded men,” the publication notes. Her story made it across the Atlantic, where a Chicago newspaper dubbed her ‘Ireland’s Bravest Colleen’ on 20 March.
In January, 2016 An Post will introduce 1916-2016, the Eighth Definitive Stamps Series based on the Centenary of the Easter Rising. This set of stamps will commemorate a hugely significant event in the history of our country which ultimately led to the founding of the modern Irish Republic.
The stamps will feature Augmented Reality, and when scanned by a smartphone with the CEE Explorer App installed, will give internet access to gpowitnesshistory.ie and background information on the Rising.
These stamps have been grouped into four categories: Leaders and Icons; Participants; Easter Week; and The Aftermath. Although each image represents an individual subject, the themes also reflect a chronological progression from the lead-up to the Rising through to its aftermath. The stamps have been devised as a coherent collection rather than sixteen individual images.
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Date of issue - 21-03-2019
The stamp features an hourglass timer that represents the precious nature of time and the gift of life passing from one person to another . The stamps can be scanned by smartphone that will automatically open a website that helps one become a donor !!
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