Survey Data
Reg No
20912505
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Artistic, Social, Technical
Original Use
Post box
In Use As
Post box
Date
1910 - 1920
Coordinates
163804, 47242
Date Recorded
23/04/2009
Date Updated
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Description
Wall-mounted cast-iron post box, installed c.1915, set in rubble stone wall, with G.R. insignia and crown to post box and S. É insignia and harp to door.
Appraisal
This post box displays an insignia from the period of British rule during the reign of George V but also the post-independence insignia of Saorstát Éireann. It serves as an interesting reminder of the alterations which were undertaken to state property by the Free State in its early years, in an effort to assert Ireland's new identity.