Copy / press releases used by Central Bank of Ireland for commemorative coin design releases.
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Hibernia
Atop the GPO stands the statue of Hibernia. Her name was taken from the ancient Greek reference for our country and her form was realised by the sculptor John Smyth.
She bore witness to the events of 1916 and for the one hundred years since she has seen the nation blossom before her. She continues to look forward and is a symbol of the past, present and future of this country.
The centenary is noted and ‘Hibernia’ appears in hand-rendered lettering that takes influence from the Book of Kells.
€8 million worth of these coins were minted to celebrate the centenary of those Easter events.
She bore witness to the events of 1916 and for the one hundred years since she has seen the nation blossom before her. She continues to look forward and is a symbol of the past, present and future of this country.
The centenary is noted and ‘Hibernia’ appears in hand-rendered lettering that takes influence from the Book of Kells.
€8 million worth of these coins were minted to celebrate the centenary of those Easter events.
An Chéad Dáil
The first meeting of Dáil Éireann was held in 1919 and it was the beginning of a long journey of law-making and politics that shaped our country into the progressive democracy it is today. Governance of our new nation began on the 21st of January and was conducted in the Irish language to mark the symbolic nature of the meeting. The coin design depicts the meeting place that was the Round Room of the Mansion House. Its large rotunda arcs above the vast congregation assembled at that inaugural meeting and the words “An Chéad Dáil, 1919” are scribed in a traditional uncial font.
