Ireland lunar sample displays

The Ireland lunar sample displays are two commemorative plaques consisting of small fragments of Moon rock brought back to Earth by the Apollo 11 and Apollo 17 lunar missions and given to the people of Ireland by United States President Richard Nixon as goodwill gifts.

At the request of Nixon, NASA had about 250 presentation plaques made following Apollo 11 in 1969.

[1] The Ireland lunar sample was displayed at the Dunsink Observatory in Dublin until a 1977 fire.

Joseph Gutheinz, a former NASA employee and self-appointed private investigator of the Apollo Moon rock displays, called the discarded Moon rocks a "pot of gold under a dump".

[4] In 1973 Nixon had the plaques sent to 135 countries, and to the United States with its territories, as a goodwill gesture.