Post box in Shanagarry North, County Cork

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Wall-mounted cast-iron "lamp box" post box, produced 1987, with "ER [Elizabeth Regina] II" royal cipher. Set in rendered wall.

An "LB221/2" model "lamp box" post box produced (1987) by Machan Engineering of Stirlingshire, Scotland, representing an interesting example of mass-produced cast-iron work making a pleasing, if largely inconspicuous visual statement in a rural village street scene. NOTE: The Queen Elizabeth II royal cipher ("ER II"), and the base layer of red paint, all point to a post box intended for a British territory and the reasons for its rebranding in line with the "An Post Corporate Identity Standards Manual" (1986) and for its installation in County Cork are unknown.

From the Buildings of Ireland (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage) record 20908913

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