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Abbie - our great niece age 6

They were playing at another nephews 21st. Had some fun with post processing :-)

Local group HUSH from Tullamore playing at my nephews 21st on Friday night. They were joined on stage by a fan :-)

What it is like to be 21 :-)

In 1943 The Central Bank of Ireland became the sole issuer of Irish money notes. They continued with the series known as Lady Lavery - She was the wife of the painter Sir John Lavery who was asked by the Irish Government to paint an image of what he thought was the female personification of Ireland. Who else but his wife, he though (and got away with!) by passing the fact she was born in the States.

Her face remained on notes until decimalisation in 1971. Though her image was used as a watermark throughout the next series of notes.

The next series of notes, known as the B series were a complete overhaul and the design was based on themes depicting Ireland's cultural and historical events.

in 1992 a new note appeared, the C series. These notes were designed by Robert Ballagh and were to depict the modern Ireland.

Our notes were replaced by the Euro in 2002.

With the ongoing saga of recession and talk of the Euro demise...will our Irish notes make a return?

Saw this display of notes at a thrashing festival during the summer. I have seen the Lady Lavery notes fetch big prices at auction....collectors market.