10 Pounds Bank of Ireland - Old Bushmills Distillery

Bank of Ireland's decision to feature Old Bushmills Distillery on this £10 note was part of a broader Northern Ireland regional series, acknowledging that while Bank of Ireland is headquartered in Dublin, it retains one of only four commercial banks licensed to issue sterling banknotes in Northern Ireland. The distillery itself holds a 1608 licence to distil — arguably the oldest such document in continuous use anywhere — which gave the selection a defensible historical anchor rather than mere promotional sentiment.

De La Rue's Gateshead facility, formerly the Bradbury Wilkinson plant, handled production. The cotton substrate for this period is known to attract toning along fold lines under humid storage conditions.