Jarlath Hayes

Jarlath Fabian Hayes (11 September 1924 — 17 May 2001) was an Irish typographer and graphic designer.

Family and education

Jarlath Hayes was the fourth of six children of Richard and Lilian Hayes. His father was an accountant in Dublin. He attended Synge Street Christian Brothers School. Hayes was married to Oonagh with whom he had a son Dara and four daughters, Susan, Hilary, Ruth and Bronwyn. Hayes taught advertising design part-time at the Rathmines Technical Institute. In 1963, he founded Group 3 Design with two other designers. and was utilised on album covers by the Irish band Clannad. In May 2020, after about thirty years since most design moved to digital format when a digital version of Hayes' font was made available.

The design of the Irish commemorative stamp issued in 1995 for the 50th anniversary of the founding of the United Nations was done by Hayes.