post box

Freestanding round-plan cast-iron pillar postbox, erected c. 1960, having shallow domed cap, fluted frieze, moulded neck and plinth base, 'P&T' (Poist agus Teileagrafa) cipher in Gaelic script to shaft, and foundry mark 'Carron Company Stirlingshire' to rear of base.

One of many cast-iron pillar postboxes scattered throughout the dense northern suburbs of Dublin, reflecting the expanding social infrastructure of the mid-twentieth century, as communities were relocated in the wake of inner city development. The modest design of the box is enhanced by the raised 'P&T' motif (Poist agus Teileagrafa) in Celtic Revival-style script and by the raised foundry mark to the base, which enliven the appearance of this otherwise functional object. It was cast by the Carron Company in Scotland, at one time one of the largest ironworks in Europe and important manufacturer of cast-iron street furniture throughout Ireland and Britain in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.