Irish singer-songwriters honoured on new stamp collection

Christy Moore, Sinéad O'Connor, Lisa Hannigan, and Andrew Hozier-Byrne (Hozier) will be featured on a new stamp collection from An Post. A portion of every purchase of the stamp booklets of the Irish singer-songwriters will benefit the Music Industry COVID-19 Emergency Relief Fund.

The stamps – designed by Dublin's Shaughn McGrath Creative, who have also designed stamps for artists like U2 –  honour the musicians' performances at Glastonbury Festival throughout their careers.

On the An Post website, they describe the new collection as "a set of very special stamps that celebrate Ireland's world-renowned song writing and performing traditions."

In a Tweet, Hozier said being featured in this collection is "hands down one of the greatest honours of [his] life."

It is hands down one of the greatest honours of my life to be featured on an Irish stamp alongside Christy Moore, Lisa Hannigan & Sinead O’Connor. Thank you @Postvox for this honour & for supporting the Irish Music Industry Covid-19 Emergency Relief Fund.https://t.co/dz2kc6Aaob pic.twitter.com/MUUZOnaiyX

— Hozier (@Hozier) July 15, 2021

In celebration of the launch of the stamps, Moore, Hannigan, and Hozier performed in a virtual show that will premiere tonight (July 15) at 8pm on An Post's website and will be available for viewing for the next four weeks. During the show, the three musicians covered O'Connor's '3 Babies' alongside Natalya O'Flaherty, a spoken word poet from Dublin.

The booklet of stamps can be purchased here.