Survey Data
Reg No
50010555
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Artistic, Social
Original Use
Post box
In Use As
Post box
Date
1920 - 1940
Coordinates
315851, 234897
Date Recorded
30/10/2011
Date Updated
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Description
Freestanding cast-iron twin post box, installed c.1930. Oval plan with shallow domed cap, moulded corona and two letter slots between two neck mouldings with raised lettering 'Post Box’. Raised and framed notices below slots with raised Gaelic lettering 'P & T' to central panel. Curved hinged doors to either side with integrated handles and plinth moulding below. Located to the north end of O’Connell Street at junction with Cathal Brugha Street.
Appraisal
Prominently located on the city's main thoroughfare, this well preserved example of an early Free State pillar-box is in direct view of the historic General Post Office on O'Connell Street. Still in active use, the double aperture indicates a high volume of use and represents a notable example of the high quality of mass-produced cast-iron work produced in the early part of the twentieth century. The raised Gaelic script lettering was used by the State for many official purposes in the early decades of the state and is an everyday historical artefact of the new state’s infrastructure.