Post box in Johnstown, County Kildare

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Wall-mounted cast-iron post box, c.1890, with raised "VR" royal cipher and crown motif. Mounted in rubble stone gate pier at side of road.

This cast-iron post box, which is still in use, is an important feature in the rural landscape and is prominently sited on a gate pier on the side of the road. The raised royal cipher (and manufacturer's signature, which is now heavily coated in paint and somewhat indiscernible) is of considerable artistic merit. Its age and survival, however, together with its associations with Ireland as formerly part of the British Empire are of great historical and social importance.

From the Buildings of Ireland (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage) record 11801003

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