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Post box in Ballynacarriga

Post box
Post box in Ballynacarriga
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Round-headed wall-mounted cast-iron post box, installed c.1935, having 'P & T' emblem in relief.
This well-designed item of street furniture adds character of the streetscape. It serves as a reminder of the change in administration from British colonial power to the Irish Free State, with the Postal and Telegraph and Celtic Revival style lettering indicating a post Independence installation.

From the Buildings of Ireland (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage) record 20910809

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  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
  • SlaineMacRoth, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • dougf, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Mike Searle, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
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