Post box in Clogher West, County Donegal

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Wall-mounted cast-iron post box, erected c.1880, having moulded surround, aperture with moulded base, opening with information panel, lock and pull-handle and bearing lettering 'Post Office' in relief. Set within rendered pier at roadside.

This simple post-box is an interesting artifact of mass-produced cast-iron work that was probably made at the Carron Company foundry in Stirlingshire. It is unusual in not having a monogram, although this may have be removed after Independence in 1922.

From the Buildings of Ireland (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage) record 40906415

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