1 Pound St. Mary's Parochial Bank

St. Mary's Parochial Bank was one of a handful of small Irish parochial institutions that issued their own notes during the mid-nineteenth century, operating at the margins of a banking system still consolidating after the Famine. These were intensely local instruments — issued against parish-level trust rather than substantial capital reserves — and their survival rate is correspondingly poor. Most circulated within a tight geographic radius and were redeemed or destroyed without ceremony.

Pick S326 sits in the Irish provincial private bank section, which itself is sparsely documented. Firm details on this issuer's precise location, capitalization, and cessation date remain elusive in the standard references.