Post box on Farren's Quay, County Cork

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What is recorded here

Cast-iron post box, c. 1970.

This post box is representative of the final phase of cast-iron post boxes in Ireland. Today, contemporary post boxes are generally plastic and often replace the distinctive cast-iron box. It is important to afford protection to these cast-iron boxes, as are they are no longer in production. It is interesting to note the changes in the decorative detail of cast-iron post boxes from Victorian times to the latter part of the twentieth century.

From the Buildings of Ireland (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage) record 20500797

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