Overview
post box — Barringtonsbridge is recorded as post box in Limerick. The saved source gives an exact reason to look beyond the map label: Wall-mounted cast-iron post box, c. 1905, with raised lettering.
Why it was built
The label post box gives the safest clue to purpose or form. It does not by itself prove the exact building method, daily use, age or sequence of changes at this place.
People and work
The short source does not safely name the people, events or traditions tied to this exact point. A famous nearby story is not attached without evidence that it belongs here.
How it changed
The saved wording does not establish one complete story of attack, rebuilding, abandonment, damage or later change. No single cause is claimed without evidence.
What survives
The saved source records: Wall-mounted cast-iron post box, c. 1905, with raised lettering.
Why it mattered
post box — Barringtonsbridge matters for the exact reasons given in its official assessment, rather than merely because it is an old structure. The source records: This post box represents a good example of early mass-produced cast-iron. The raised lettering enhance the design quality of the composition. The royal insignia has been removed at some stage in the past, reflecting the political climate of the early twentieth century. This explains what the place adds to local life, the street or the surviving built history.
History checked 15 August 2026 against the named sources below.
Places near here
- Clonkeen House — Barringtonsbridgebuildingunder 0.1 miles
- house — Barringtonsbridgebuildingunder 0.1 miles
- bridge — Barringtonsbridgebuilding0.1 miles
- Red House — Barringtonsbridgebuilding0.2 miles
- Mulkear House — Barringtonsbridgebuilding0.2 miles
- Clonkeen Cemeterymemorial0.5 miles
- Grave Yard — Clonkeen (barrington)monument0.5 miles
- Clonkeen Churchbuilding0.5 miles
- Clonkeen Church (in ruins) — Clonkeen (barrington)monument0.5 miles
- Castle — unclassified in Clonkeen (barrington)castle0.6 miles
- Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Garrymoremonument0.6 miles
- Barrow — unclassified in Ballyvarra Woodmonument0.6 miles
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