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The period 1916–1921 was marked by political violence and upheaval, ending in the partition of Ireland and independence for 26 of its 32 counties. A failed militant attempt by the Irish Volunteers and the Irish Citizen Army was made to gain independence for Ireland with the 1916 Easter Rising, an insurrection in Dublin.
There have been three sets of coins in Ireland since independence. In all three, the coin showed a Celtic harp on the obverse.The pre-decimal coins of the Irish punt had realistic animals on the reverse; the decimal coins retained some of these but featured ornamental birds on the lower denominations; and the euro coins used the common design of the euro currencies.
The new Irish Free State introduced its own currency from 1928, the Irish pound. 1932: June 1932: The 31st International Eucharistic Congress, held in Dublin 22–26 June 1932. 1937: 29 December: The Constitution of Ireland comes into force, replacing the Irish Free State with a new state called "Éire", or, in the English language, "Ireland ...
National Museum of Ireland – Decorative Arts and History: 89: Titanic launch ticket: May 1911: Ulster Folk and Transport Museum, County Down: 90: River Clyde lamp: 1915: National Museum of Ireland – Decorative Arts and History: 91: James Connolly's shirt: 1916: National Museum of Ireland – Decorative Arts and History: 92: Rejected coin ...
1 October – Time in Ireland: Dublin Mean Time (25 minutes behind Greenwich Mean Time) was made the same as British time from 2 am today under the terms of the Time (Ireland) Act, 1916. 29 October – John Redmond demanded the abolition of martial law, the release of suspected persons, and that Irish prisoners be treated as political prisoners.
A New History of Ireland. Vol. 8: A Chronology of Irish History to 1976: A Companion to Irish History, Part 1. Oxford U. Press, 1982. 591 pp; Newman, Peter R. Companion to Irish History, 1603–1921: From the Submission of Tyrone to Partition. Facts on File, 1991. 256 pp; ÓGráda, Cormac. Ireland: A New Economic History, 1780–1939.
On 20 January 2016, Ireland's first-ever commemorative €2 coin went into circulation to mark the centenary. It was designed by Emmet Mullins and featured, alongside the years 1916 and 2016, a statue of Hibernia atop the General Post Office and the word Hibernia in Book of Kells-influenced lettering.
The Easter Rising (Irish: Éirí Amach na Cásca), [2] also known as the Easter Rebellion, was an armed insurrection in Ireland during Easter Week in April 1916. The Rising was launched by Irish republicans against British rule in Ireland with the aim of establishing an independent Irish Republic while the United Kingdom was fighting the First World War.