10 Pounds Bank of Ireland

The Currency Commission was established by the Currency Act of 1927, just two years before this note appeared, as the body responsible for managing the Irish Free State's new consolidated banknote system. Rather than issuing notes under its own name directly, the Commission licensed the six principal Irish banks — Bank of Ireland among them — to continue issuing under their own titles, but on a unified backing structure tied to sterling at par. The arrangement was politically deliberate: it preserved the appearance of familiar banking continuity while centralizing control.

De La Rue printed the entire consolidated series in London. The sterling parity held without interruption until 1979.