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Earlier note issues by the bank were made under the bank's previous names: the Provincial Bank of Ireland Ltd. (to 1976), Allied Irish Banks Ltd. (1977 - 1986), and Allied Irish Banks PLC (1987 - 1993).
First Trust Bank's current notes depict two generic people, one male, one female. They appear as children on the £1 and £5 notes, as middle-aged on the £10 and £20, and finally as elderly on the £50 and £100. The obverse designs generally feature images associated with the [[Spanish Armada]], commemorating the [[Spanish Armada in Ireland|wrecking of 24 Armada ships]] off the coast of [[County Antrim]] in 1588:<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/british/gal_coast_07.shtml|title=British Isles Coast Gallery By Mark Horton|publisher=BBC|accessdate=2008-10-15}}</ref>
* 10 pound note featuring the ship ''[[Girona (ship)|Girona]]''
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