EPHEMERA : POSTERS

Title: Refuse Eire Money, Boycott all her Goods
Object Name: Political poster
Date Made: c.1969
c.1969
Place Made: Northern Ireland: County Antrim: Belfast
Belfast
Description: Poster published by the Ulster Constitution Defence Committee, an organisation chaired by Rev. Ian Paisley, in the late 1960s or early 1970s. 'Loyalists and Protestant Hit Eire and Lynch where they will feel it most. Refuse Eire money, Boycott all her goods.' The poster attacks Irish Taoiseach Jack Lynch and calls on Protestants and loyalists to boycott Irish goods and refuse Irish money which had the same value as Sterling until 1978. Printed blue on white.
Materials: paper
Place Collected
Date Collected: 1973
1973
Catalogue Number: BELUM.O535.1973
Copyright: National Museums NI

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