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Irish pound — modern currency

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Introduction and ending not established
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Sterling

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Irish pound — modern currency: documented and qualified family connections PARENTS THIS CURRENCY CHILDREN Pound sterlingPound sterling 1927–1928 · DocumentedThe Saorstat pound established a nationalcurrency at sterling parity under the 1927Documented connection · 1927–1928 · The Saorstat pound established a national currency at sterling parity under the 1927 Act, followed by the 1928 issue. National monetary separation with continuing sterling circulation; not a revival conversion from the pre-1826 Irish unit. Euro — converging national replacementsEuro 1999 · DocumentedPublished IEP units per one euro. Thisterminal scale is not interchangeable withDocumented connection · 1999 · Published IEP units per one euro. This terminal scale is not interchangeable with earlier redenomination epochs. Irish pound — modern currencyIrish pound Currency history

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Irish pound

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Roman as–denarius accounting

Earlier as reckoning; denarius introduced c. 211 BC; accounts continue into late antiquity

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The story

Saorstat pound was renamed Irish pound without a new unit scale. [1]

Turning points

Euro monetary substitution

1 EUR = 0.787564 IEP. Ireland: euro adoption January 1, 1999; cash January 1, 2002. Regulation 974/98 substitutes the euro for each participating state’s currency on its adoption date; cash changeover is separately defined. [2] [3] [4]

Euro cash changeover

Ireland: euro adoption January 1, 1999; cash January 1, 2002. [3]

Sources and evidence

  1. John Kelly, Central Bank of Ireland Quarterly Bulletin, Spring 2003, 89–115 · The Irish Pound: From Origins to EMU
  2. Council of the European Union · Council Regulation (EC) 2866/98 — consolidation at 1 January 2026
  3. Council of the European Union · Council Regulation (EC) 974/98 — consolidation at 1 January 2026
  4. Council of the European Union · Council Regulation (EC) 974/98 — consolidation at 1 January 2026

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