Survey Data
Reg No
50130231
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Artistic, Social, Technical
Original Use
Post box
In Use As
Post box
Date
1925 - 1935
Coordinates
317509, 239417
Date Recorded
17/07/2018
Date Updated
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Description
Freestanding round-plan cast-iron pillar postbox, installed c. 1930, with shallow domed cap, moulded corona, neck moulding, cylindrical shaft and moulded plinth base. Curved hinged door facing south incorporating letter slot with raised frame below and raised 'P&T' motif. Raised lettering to each side of slot 'An chéad bailiú eile/Next collection'.
Appraisal
An example of a postbox from the early years of the Irish Republic and similar to those manufactured by St. John's Ironworks, Enniscorthy, who supplied cast-iron postboxes from 1922-46, but without any indication of the manufacturer. The design draws heavily on the late nineteenth and early twentieth-century pillar boxes, but is distinguished by the 'P&T' logo of the Department of Posts and Telegraphs (Poist agus Teileagrafa].