Survey Data
Reg No
21512054
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Artistic, Technical
Original Use
Post box
In Use As
Post box
Date
1920 - 1940
Coordinates
157326, 157339
Date Recorded
25/05/2005
Date Updated
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Description
Freestanding cast-iron pillar box, erected c. 1930, distinguished by a domed top with moulded soffit. Framed collection notice beneath moulded frame of letter slot. Covered pull to hinged opening with P & T in traditional lettering. Located at the junction of O'Callaghan's Strand, Ennis Road, and Sarsfield Bridge.
Appraisal
A simple cast-iron post box dating to the second or third decade of the twentieth-century. Still in use and intact, this post box, is an important element of street furniture in the district and acts as a reminder of the political developments of the state. A pillar letter box stood across the road from the present pillar box as identified on the 1872 edition of the Limerick City Ordnance Survey.