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The Central Bank has launched a commemorative coin to mark 100 years since Irish women won the right to vote.<\/p>\nThe Central Bank has launched a commemorative coin to mark 100 years since Irish women won the right to vote.<\/p>\n
1918 was the first time Irish women were permitted to vote and stand in parliamentary elections.<\/p>\n
Countess Markievicz was the first woman elected as an MP to the UK House of Commons – but never took her seat.<\/p>\n
Instead, she became the first female TD in the D\u00e1il and one of the first women in the world to hold a Cabinet post.<\/p>\n
Struck in .925 sterling silver, the coin was designed by Michael Guilfoyle and is the first Irish commemorative coin to feature color since the Special Olympics coin of 2003.<\/p>\n
The figure of a suffragette stands in the foreground, holding a banner demanding the vote for Irish women.<\/p>\n
Behind her in silhouette is a procession of women marching forward to represent the progress in equality from 1918 to the present day.<\/p>\n
They walk along a road painted in the colors of the suffragette movement in Ireland.<\/p>\n
The Central Bank said the design “celebrates the progression of equality for women in Ireland over the last century.”<\/p>\n
The \u20ac15 silver proof coin is on sale from tomorrow for \u20ac63. It has an issue limit of 3,000 and can be bought online<\/a>.<\/p>\nShare this:<\/h3>