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50th Birthday Gift for Her – 1976 Irish 5p Pendant
€59.00
Celebrate a 50th birthday in 2026 with a pendant made from a genuine Irish 5p coin dated 1976. The coin features the Irish bull on one side and the Irish harp with the original 1976 date on the other. Each coin is cleaned and hand-polished before being mounted in the pendant.
The pendant is handmade in Dalkey, County Dublin, and supplied in a presentation box with a snake chain, ready to give. The original coin already carries the birth year, so no engraving or personalisation is required. Orders are normally processed within 24 hours and covered by our 30-day returns policy.
Coin diameter: 23.59 mm.
Click the Description tab for events and memories from 1976.
Description
1976 – INFORMATION AND EVENTS FROM 1976
Dublin won the All Ireland Senior Football Champions
Cork won the All Ireland Senior Hurling Champions
FAMOUS IRISH PEOPLE BORN THAT YEAR INCLUDE
Colin Farrell
ALSO, BORN THAT YEAR WERE
Reese Witherspoon (Actress)
Diane Kruger (Actress)
INVENTIONS IN 1976 INCLUDED
Ink-jet printer
IRISH MOVIES INCLUDED
Captains and the Kings
ALSO THAT YEAR
The First Commercial Concorde Flights take off
Worst Drought on record hits Britain & Ireland forcing the use of Standpipes
In Vietnam, Two years after signing a treaty that guaranteed they would not invade the South, North Vietnamese and Viet Cong forces seize power in Saigon
Inflation hits 20% as the international oil crisis worsens.
L’Escargot is the first Irish horse in 17 years to win the Aintree Grand National
If You Leave Me Now by Chicago is Christmas Number 1
The Sweet – Fox On The Run
Queen – Bohemian Rhapsody
The Swarbriggs – That’s What Friends Are For
10cc – I’m Not In Love
Dana – Please Tell Him That I Said Hello
David Essex – Hold Me Close
Fran O’ Toole – Can’t You Understand
KC And The Sunshine Band – That’s The Way (I Like It)
Abba – SOS
