Survey Data

Reg No

30400704


Rating

Regional


Categories of Special Interest

Social, Technical


Previous Name

Glinsk Post Office


Original Use

Telephone box


In Use As

Telephone box


Date

1960 - 1970


Coordinates

171612, 266706


Date Recorded

10/10/2009


Date Updated

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Description

Freestanding moulded concrete telephone box, erected c.1965, standing to front of Glinsk Post Office. Cream painted sides and door, with green to edges. Small panes to each side, door being replacement with single sheet of perspex. Set into low rendered wall.

Appraisal

This telephoe box is one of the few surviving now that Eircom have taken most of them out of service. It was built by the Department of Posts and Telegraphs before the sell-off the private enterprise.