Key facts
- 1
- £0.787564 (irrevocable)
- Code
- IEP
- Unit
- pound
- Plural
- pounds ( English ) , puint, punta ( Irish )
- Symbol
- £
- Nickname
- quid
- 1 100
- penny ( English ) , pingin ( Irish )
- Penny english pingin irish
- pence ( English ) , pinginí, pingineacha ( Irish )
- Freq used
- £5, £10, £20
- Rarely used
- £50, £100
- User s
- Ireland , Irish Free State , Kingdom of Ireland
- Central bank
- Currency Commission of Ireland (1927-1943), Central Bank of Ireland (1943-2002)
- Website
- www .centralbank .ie
- Printer
- Currency Centre of the Central Bank of Ireland
- Mint
- Currency Centre of the Central Bank of Ireland
- Since
- 13 March 1979
- Fixed rate since
- 31 December 1998
- Replaced by euro non cash
- 1 January 1999
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The pound (Irish: punt) was the currency of Ireland until 2002. Its ISO 4217 code was IEP, and the symbol was £ (or IR£ for distinction). The Irish pound was replaced by the euro on 1 January 1999. Euro currency did not start circulating until the beginning of 2002.
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