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Post box in Curry

Post box
Post box in Curry
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Post box in Curry occupies a corner in Curry (Kirwan), where it can watch two directions and receive everyone’s correspondence. Give it a net curtain and it’ll have the parish married off by Thursday.

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Wall-mounted cast-iron "lamp box" post box, between 1910-22; extant 1925, with "GR [Georgius Rex]" royal cipher. Set in boundary wall on a corner site.
A "lamp box" post box representing an interesting example of mass-produced cast-iron work making a pleasing, if largely inconspicuous visual statement in a rural street scene with embellishments identifying the artistic potential of the composition including the King George V (1865-1936; r. 1910-22) royal cipher of additional significance as an imprinted reminder of the period when Ireland formed part of the British Empire.

From the Buildings of Ireland (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage) record 31310025

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