Founded in Malad, Idaho in 1892 by the pioneer communities early leading citizens, Ireland Bank has survived depressions, stock market crashes, wars and agricultural disasters.

Today, Ireland Bank is a financially solid institution that is happy to call eleven southeast Idaho communities "home".

Ireland Bank has always based its banking philosophy on old-fashioned values: Personal relationships; Service; Watching out for our customers interests. It's a formula that's worked for over 100 years, and we intend to follow it as we enter our third century of banking.

Finally, a note about how we got our name: It was customary in the 19th century to name a new bank after one of its founders. J.N. Ireland was born in 1839 in Calvert County, Maryland. After serving under Colonel Robert E. Lee as part of the militia that captured John Brown at Harper's Ferry in 1859, Ireland left the Army in 1862.

At the ripe old age of 23, Ireland migrated west to the goldfields of Idaho and Montana, seeking and finding his fortune in the gold diggings there. His business interests eventually brought him to Malad, Idaho, where he became a highly successful livestock operator, investor and territorial politician. In 1892, he and other prominent businessmen in the community contributed the initial capital for a new bank, believing it was essential to the frontier towns future growth.

The new board of directors unanimously voted to name the new bank after J.N., the most senior of the founders.