The barnyard collection of Irish coins had an enduring appeal at home. With the introduction of decimal currency in 1971, the Irish artist Gabriel Hayes added three further animal coins to the set for ...

Pre-decimal Irish coin set . Sylvia Thompson. Sat Aug 31 2024 - 05:00. ... The English artist and sculptor Percy Metcalfe won the competition for the animal designs on the coins, ...

Pre-decimal old Irish coins. The first officially Irish coins were minted and rolled out in 1928, the result of years of planning by a committee headed by W.B Yeats, which dreamed up the designs ...

To appear on coins, the harp was chosen. The harp has traditionally been a national symbol in Ireland and continues to appear on all Irish Euro coins. The reverse side of these first coins showed ...

It’s there you’ll find Irish wolfhounds trotting alongside horse-drawn carriages, cows grazing in a field, birds flying, […] This time of year, everybody is Irish! But what’s that really mean?