Survey Data

Reg No

20810038


Rating

Regional


Categories of Special Interest

Artistic, Historical, Social


Original Use

Post box


In Use As

Post box


Date

1910 - 1920


Coordinates

137533, 103014


Date Recorded

06/09/2006


Date Updated

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Description

Cast-iron wall-mounted post box, c. 1915, with royal insignia of King George V and crown. Set in rendered rubble limestone boundary wall of former workhouse.

Appraisal

This early twentieth-century post box is of a simple design, and its insignia and crown are reminders of the period in Ireland immediately prior to Independence. Wall-mounted post boxes of this period are becoming increasingly rare.