Survey Data
Reg No
40401710
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Artistic, Social, Technical
Original Use
Post box
In Use As
Post box
Date
1935 - 1945
Coordinates
259044, 315057
Date Recorded
21/06/2012
Date Updated
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Description
Wall-mounted cast-iron box, erected c.1940, with raised âP & Tâ lettering in Celtic Revival script above hooded letter opening. Set in a field entrance gate pier.
Appraisal
This post box is still in use and is a good example of the high quality design and production of mass produced cast-iron in the twentieth century. The use of Celtic Revival script records the promotion of national identity following the establishment of the Free State. This particular design probably dates to after 1937 as earlier post-Independence post boxes usually had the âS.E.â cipher of Saorstat Eireann.