The Yearbook & Directory of Ireland's international financial services industry
Thursday, 23rd January 2025
Bank of Ireland
The Bank of Ireland was founded in 1783 and is one of Ireland’s largest commercial banks. By 1920 its branch network had grown to 75 branches throughout the island of Ireland. Appointed Government bank in 1922 with the establishment of the Irish Free State, it ceded its notes issuance in what is now the Republic of Ireland to the Irish Currency Commission, later evolved into the Central Bank of Ireland It merged with other clearing banks, the National Bank of Ireland, and Hibernian Bank to form the Bank of Ireland group in 1969.
