Stamp of approval marks Kennedy’s 1963 visit

An Post has taken a trip down memory lane and issued two stamps to mark the 50th anniversary of US president John F Kennedy’s visit to Ireland.

The 60c stamp shows a photograph of President Kennedy being served tea by his cousin’s daughter, the later Mary Ann Ryan, in Dunganstown, just outside New Ross, Co Wexford.

The 90c stamp shows a photograph of president Kennedy and former taoiseach Sean Lemass laying a wreath at Arbour Hill in Dublin.