post box

Freestanding round-plan cast-iron pillar postbox, erected c. 1935, having shallow domed cap and plinth base, raised insignia of 'P&T' (Poist agus Teileagrafa) and lettering 'Next collection' to front (west) face, moulded neck and dentillated frieze to cap, and maker's mark 'Carron Company Stirlingshire' to plinth. Set at junction of Lomond Avenue and Inverness Road, outside postal depot.

This attractive piece of street furniture illustrates the high quality of mass-produced cast-ironwork created in the early years of the twentieth century. The insignia, representing the national postal service, dates the box to the early years of the Irish Republic. The postbox reflects the many ways in which the native government proclaimed its legitimacy as the State found its feet. The maker, Carron Company, was known for the production of naval cannon in the nineteenth century and continued to be an important ironworks well into the twentieth century.