post box — Garrafadda

The saved account records: Wall-mounted cast-iron post box, erected c. 1940, with raised 'P&T' monogram in Gaelic script to head and with foundry mark to base reading ‘Jessop Davis, Enniscorthy’.

The saved account records: Set into rendered gate pier adjacent to site of Croagh Post Office, now demolished.

The saved account records: Located adjacent to road in the rural landscape to the north of Dunkineely, and to the south-east of Ardara.

The official record fixes the place and calls it post box. It does not provide a full list of finds or a current condition report, so visible and buried remains are not guessed.

post box — Garrafadda matters for the exact reasons given in its official assessment, rather than merely because it is an old structure. The source records: An attractive item of street furniture that represents an early surviving artefact of mass-produced cast-iron ware. Its survival is testament to the quality of its original design and of the materials used in its manufacturing. The raised Gaelic/Celtic Revival style script is of particular interest as a reminder of the promotion of a national identity following the establishment of the Independent State. The P&T monogram indicates the Department of Post and Telegraphs. This particular design probably dates to after c. 1937 as earlier post-independence post boxes usually had a 'SE' cipher. This post box was cast… This explains what the place adds to local life, the street or the surviving built history.