Survey Data
Reg No
21902024
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Artistic, Social, Technical
Original Use
Post box
In Use As
Post box
Date
1870 - 1890
Coordinates
139027, 145524
Date Recorded
17/10/2008
Date Updated
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Description
Wall-mounted cast-iron post box, erected c. 1880, with VR insignia and crown motif. Replacement cast-iron door, c. 1925, having embossed Saorstat Éireann emblem. Mounted in rubble limestone wall.
Appraisal
This well preserved cast-iron post box, with its Queen Victoria monogram and Free State emblem serves as an important reminder of the change from British to Irish administration in the early years of the Free State. For this reason, the post box is of social and historical importance; it is also of technical interest for its cast-iron construction. The Saorstat Éireann emblem, in particular, is a design feature of artistic note.