Evidence coverage: 1927–2002. This is the span of collected observations, not the currency’s lifetime.
This record includes associated currencies and earlier interpretations. The article selects the evidence relevant to its own history.
The1927Saorstat pound established a local account unit; future domestic contracts defaulted to its legal currency while prior sterling obligations were not universally converted. Original historical analysis plus indexed operative contract clause supports regional branch, not restoration of pre1826unit.
Sources and qualifications →Includes dated issues, standards, subdivisions and institutional changes. Each event retains the source's date qualifications.
1 EUR = 0.787564 IEP. Ireland: euro adoption 1999-01-01; cash 2002-01-01. Regulation 974/98 substitutes the euro for each participating state’s currency on its adoption date; cash changeover is separately defined.
C674, C675, C646Ireland: euro adoption 1999-01-01; cash 2002-01-01.
C675Corrected interpretation: Revision 27 supplies a new evidence basis for R0311. Original historical analysis plus indexed operative contract clause supports regional branch, not restoration of pre1826unit. Current evidence: The1927Saorstat pound established a local account unit; future domestic contracts defaulted to its legal currency while prior sterling obligations were not universally converted.
C868Saorstat pound was renamed Irish pound without a new unit scale.
C869Dated observations, not a proven complete lifespan.
1 EUR = 0.787564 IEP.
art.1, Ireland currency row; exact decimal retained
Article 2’s original 1999 commencement does not backdate later-added currencies.
Country-specific dates come from the separate 974/98 annex.
Ireland: euro adoption 1999-01-01; cash 2002-01-01.
Annex, Ireland row; arts.2–3 provide substitution
Consolidation, not an as-made 1998 text.
National short cash-withdrawal periods and every accession amendment were not individually audited.
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.
Corrected interpretation: Revision 27 supplies a new evidence basis for R0311. Original historical analysis plus indexed operative contract clause supports regional branch, not restoration of pre1826unit. Replacement evidence: C1632.
Opening historical sections: 1826 assimilation; 1927 Currency Act; 1928 issue; 1937 renaming
Only pre-1827 assimilation passage adopted; later modern Irish/euro history deferred.
Saorstat pound was renamed Irish pound without a new unit scale.
Opening historical sections: 1826 assimilation; 1927 Currency Act; 1928 issue; 1937 renaming
Only pre-1827 assimilation passage adopted; later modern Irish/euro history deferred.
The1927Saorstat pound established a local account unit; future domestic contracts defaulted to its legal currency while prior sterling obligations were not universally converted.
Printed pp90–92; Section10; compare section4
Only pre-1827 assimilation passage adopted; later modern Irish/euro history deferred.
Printed pp90–92; Section10; compare section4
Not a complete origin, lifespan or current-status audit.
Indexed substantive section 10 inspected; full official HTML and PDF retrieval inaccessible.
Regulation 974/98 substitutes the euro for each participating state’s currency on its adoption date; cash changeover is separately defined.
arts.1, 1a, 2–3
Consolidation, not an as-made 1998 text.
National short cash-withdrawal periods and every accession amendment were not individually audited.