page_title: Ceremonial mace
section_title: Ireland
hierarchical_section_title: Ceremonial mace / Ireland
caption_attribution_description: English: Ceremonial mace of Galway
context_page_description: A ceremonial mace is a highly ornamented staff of metal or wood, carried before a sovereign or other high officials in civic ceremonies by a mace-bearer, intended to represent the official's authority. The mace, as used today, derives from the original mace used as a weapon. Processions often feature maces, as on parliamentary or formal academic occasions.
context_section_description: The silver gilt mace of the old Irish House of Lords is on permanent display at the National Museum, Collins Barracks.
  
  The silver gilt mace of the old Irish House of Commons, which dates to 1765/1766, is now displayed in the old Irish House of Lords Chamber in the old Parliament House which, since 1803, has been Bank of Ireland, College Green, in Dublin. 
  City councils and universities in Ireland often possess a ceremonial mace.
caption: The Great Mace of Galway, Ireland, presented to the city by Mayor Edward Eyre in 1712. Next to it is the Civic Sword.
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