RDS-inspired stamps launched

An Post has launched a series of four €1 stamps to mark the wide variety of activities which take place in the Royal Dublin Society (RDS), contributing to life in Ireland for almost three centuries. Located in Ballsbridge, Dublin the RDS is known as a showgrounds, as an events venue, as a familiar Dublin landmark and home to Ireland’s Philanthropic Society.

 

The RDS was founded in 1731 in the Philosophical Rooms of Trinity College Dublin, to support Ireland to thrive economically and culturally. The Dublin Society, as it was first known, aimed to do this through promoting agriculture, arts, industry and science.  Following a Charter received from King George II in 1750 and a royal visit by King George IV in 1820 the society became known as the Royal Dublin Society. Moving to larger premises in Leinster House between 1815 and 1924 allowed the RDS to further expand its not-for-profit interests.