What is recorded here
Freestanding cast-iron pillar post box, erected c. 1940, with raised "P&T" monogram in Gaelic script, moulded necking having inscribed frieze, and shallow domed capping. Located on a footpath to the east side of Earl Street and to the south of Longford Town…
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From the Buildings of Ireland (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage) record 13004064
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- National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
- 瑞丽江的河水, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
- Maker not stated on source page, en.wikipedia.org
- Maker not stated on source page, irishheritagenews.ie
- Maker not stated on source page, www.alamy.com
- Maker not stated on source page, www.neverstoptraveling.com
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