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This article covers euro gold and silver commemorative coins issued by the Central Bank and Financial Services Authority of Ireland. It also covers rare cases of collectors coins (coins not planned for normal circulation) minted using other precious metals. It does not cover either the Irish €2 commemorative coins or the Irish Pound commemorative coins.
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For euro gold and silver commemorative coins of other countries see Euro gold and silver commemorative coins.
2014 coinage
A silver 10 Euro commemorating John McCormack (1884-1945), an Irish tenor and a Papal Count.
A gold 20 Euro commemorating Brian Boru's victory in the Battle of Clontarf.
A silver 15 Euro commemorating John Philip Holland (1840–1914), an Irish engineer regarded as the father of the modern submarine.
2015 coinage
A silver 15 Euro Proof Coin commemorating Ernest Walton (1903–1995), an Irish physicist and 1951 Nobel laureate for being the first person to artificially split the atom.
A silver 15 Euro Proof Coin commemorating the 150th anniversary of the birth of W.B. Yeats, Irish poet and Nobel Laureate.
A silver 10 Euro Proof Coin commemorating the 70th anniversary of the end of World War II and the 70th anniversary of peace in Europe.
2016 coinage
Centenary of the Easter Rising: a €15 silver coin and €50 gold coin, both depicting Hibernia.
A .925 sterling silver proof 10 Euros depicting architect and furniture designer Eileen Gray, the first woman to appear on an Irish commemorative coin, sold for €60 each. Some of these coins were found to be blemished, and the Central Bank offered a refund.
2017 coinage
€15 silver proof coin depicting electrical engineer Charles Algernon Parsons.