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20 Pounds
| Issuer | Central Bank of Ireland |
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| Year | 1992-1999 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse description | A portrait vignette of Daniel O'Connell, Irish statesman and Lord Mayor of Dublin (1841–1842), occupies the left portion of the note, rendered in intaglio against a multicolour guilloche underprint. The facade of Derrynane Abbey, County Kerry — O'Connell's ancestral home — is visible in the background vignette. The Irish-language inscription 'Banc Ceannais na hÉireann' and denomination legend 'Fiche Punt' appear in letterpress across the upper and lower registers. |
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| Reverse lettering | Central Bank of Ireland £20 Twenty Pounds |
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Robert Ballagh, the Dublin artist and graphic designer, was commissioned to redesign the Irish banknote series in the 1990s — a significant departure from the previous Lady Lavery series that had run in various forms since 1928. Ballagh's approach brought a distinctly contemporary Irish visual sensibility to the series, and the commission itself was something of a political statement about cultural confidence in a modernising Republic.
The P#77 series spans two signature combinations, with the Doyle/Cromien pairing covering the earlier dates and O'Conaill/Mullarkey taking over from late 1995. Notes dated within the narrow 1992–1994 window carry the first pairing and are less frequently encountered in quantity.
The series was rendered obsolete by euro changeover in 2002.