IRELAND 15 EURO SILVER PROOF COIN. 2013. CENTENARY OF DUBLIN LOCKOUT STRIKE 1913

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IRELAND FIFTEEN EURO SILVER PROOF COIN 2013.
ISSUED TO COMMEMORATE THE CENTENARY OF THE 1913 DUBLIN LOCKOUT STRIKE.
REVERSE: JIM LARKIN, UNION LEADER, ADDRESSING A GATHERING OF LOCKED-OUT WORKERS AND THEIR FAMILIES.
OBVERSE: TRADITIONAL IRISH HARP.
ISSUED: BY CENTRAL BANK OF IRELAND.
ISSUE DATE:  24TH SEPTEMBER 2013.
LIMIT ISSUE: 10,000.
QUALITY: PROOF. .925 STERLING SILVER
WEIGHT: 28.28GR.
DIAMETER: 38.61.MM.
DESIGNER: RORY BRESLIN.
The
Dublin Lock-out w
as a major industrial dispute
between workers and employers which took place in D
ublin city
. The dispute lasted from 26 August 1913 to 18 January 1914, and is often viewed as the most severe and significant industrial dispute in irish
history
. Central to the dispute was the workers'
right
to unionise
.
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