Post box in Youghal-lands, County Cork (20823008)

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Wall-mounted cast-iron post box, c.1935, with raised "P&T" initials. Set into render over rubble sandstone and limestone masonry wall.

This cast-iron post box, which is still in use, is an attractive item of street furniture and represents an early-surviving artefact of mass-produced cast-iron work. The raised detailing is of artistic interest, alluding to the Celtic Revival style and representing the continued promotion of a national identity within the emergent independent state.

From the Buildings of Ireland (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage) record 20823008

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National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
MonikaLisa2, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
Sitomon, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
Maurice Cronin / Youghal GAA Club, www.youghalgaa.ie
Garry Dickinson, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
Maker not stated on source page, www.ugle.org.uk
john berry, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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