Survey Data

Reg No

21521009


Rating

Regional


Categories of Special Interest

Historical, Technical


Original Use

Post box


In Use As

Post box


Date

1910 - 1925


Coordinates

157014, 156180


Date Recorded

25/06/2005


Date Updated

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Description

Wall-mounted rectangular cast-iron post box, erected between 1910 and 1925, with open letter flat with lettering: Post Office, and crown emblem above. Panelled face with timetable frame and integrated pull handle and GR insignia. Maker's name in relief to base reads: W.T. Allen, London. Post box has been reset in a concrete block rebuilt corner of a squared and coursed rubble limestone wall.

Appraisal

Post office street furniture provide some of the rare extant references to the British monarchy within the Irish landscape. This post box was erected during the reign of George V whose reign in the British Isles lasted from 1910 to 1936.