Post box in O'Connell Street Upper, County Dublin

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Freestanding cast-iron twin post box, installed c.1930. Oval plan with shallow domed cap, moulded corona and two letter slots between two neck mouldings with raised lettering 'Post Box’. Raised and framed notices below slots with raised Gaelic lettering 'P & T' to central panel. Curved hinged doors to either side with…

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Prominently located on the city's main thoroughfare, this well preserved example of an early Free State pillar-box is in direct view of the historic General Post Office on O'Connell Street. Still in active use, the double aperture indicates a high volume of use and represents a notable example of the high quality of mass-produced cast-iron work produced in the early part of the twentieth century. The raised Gaelic script lettering was used by the State for many official purposes in the early decades of the state and is an everyday historical artefact of the new state’s infrastructure.

From the Buildings of Ireland (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage) record 50010555

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