Survey Data
Reg No
20909805
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Artistic, Social, Technical
Original Use
Post box
In Use As
Post box
Date
1920 - 1940
Coordinates
164250, 58122
Date Recorded
16/03/2009
Date Updated
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Description
Freestanding pier-mounted cast-iron post box, installed c.1930, having raised 'P&T' logo of former Post & Telegraph department. Rendered square-profile pier having render capping.
Appraisal
A fine cast-iron post-boxes produced during the early twentieth century after the formation of Saorstát Eireann (The Irish Free State). It has Celtic Revival font which was used by the government at the time for many official purposes in an attempt to create a sense of national identity, and forms an interesting contrast to the British royal insignias which had been used on post boxes throughout the country in the preceding decades.