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Royal Irish Tontine

Royal Irish Tontine

Type

Private Investment Tontine


Description

Name: The Royal Irish Tontine
Year: 1792
Investment tontine
Cost: 6s. per share
Status: Operational

The total fund was invested in stocks, and after seven years it was cashed in and distributed among surviving subscribers. The organisation had offices in Cork and Dublin. 

Source: Hibernian Chronicle, Thursday, December 13, 1792.

Dr Andrew McDiarmid

Newman Building, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin 4, Ireland.
E: andrew.mcdiarmid@ucd.ie |

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