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Wall-mounted rectangular cast-iron post box, erected between 1910 and 1925, with open letter flat with lettering: Post Office, and crown emblem above. Panelled face with timetable frame and integrated pull handle and GR insignia. Maker's name in relief to base reads: W.T. Allen, London. Post box has been reset in a concrete block rebuilt corner of a squared and coursed rubble limestone wall.
Post office street furniture provide some of the rare extant references to the British monarchy within the Irish landscape. This post box was erected during the reign of George V whose reign in the British Isles lasted from 1910 to 1936.

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