At first, the sea was formed around 5.6 million years ago, due to a large-scale flood, but the waters were separated from the Atlantic Ocean by the Strait of Gibraltar, so, in the hundreds of thousands of years that followed, the water spreads dried out almost completely.
The Irish Punt was legal tender in the Republic of Ireland until 2002, when Ireland joined the Euro. This guide outlines the sources for historical exchange rates between the Irish Punt and Pound Sterling. The Irish Punt established by the Currency Act 1927 had a fixed link with Pound Sterling until March 1979.
It is perhaps an opportune time to glance back at the first time that Ireland voted on a European treaty, namely the referendum on Accession to the EEC in May 1972. The referendum debate The domestic assault on membership appeared under many guises, but it did not really begin until November 1970 when civil servants became alarmed at the amount of publicity that the âNoâ campaign was receiving.