Survey Data

Reg No

30402503


Rating

Regional


Categories of Special Interest

Artistic, Social, Technical


Original Use

Post box


In Use As

Post box


Date

1880 - 1900


Coordinates

93121, 255066


Date Recorded

09/09/2008


Date Updated

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Description

Wall-mounted cast-iron letter box, installed c.1890, bearing manufacturer's name and royal insignia of Queen Victoria.

Appraisal

This is one of a series of mass-produced postboxes having a simple functional form which is enhanced by raised lettering. Such post boxes are becoming increasingly rare and are reminders of the earlier history of the postal service in Ireland and of the country's colonial past.