Ireland 2 Euro 2019 Dail Eireann

Ireland battled for more than five years with England to become an independent country. The first protests came in 1916 with the Easter Rising and continued thereafter. A provisional parliament with 73 members of the Dail Eireann (House of Representatives) was instituted. This was instituted after elections in December 1918. The parliament met in the Mansion House in Dublin. The first session of the Dail Eireann was on January 21, 1919. Although the Dail Eireann did not yet have full powers, it was influential in causing the independence of Ireland which has lasted since then. To commemorate the first session of the National Assembly of Ireland, Ireland has issued a special 2 Euro coin. Prominently, on the face of the coin, is the Gaelic text An Chead Dail (The first session). In the background of this text the Irish landscape is depicted. At the top of the coin is the year 1919. At the bottom of the coin is the text Eire (Ireland) together with the year 2019.