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Post box in Carrickboy, County Donegal (40852074)

Post box
Post box in Carrickboy
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Wall-mounted cast-iron post box, erected between 1924 - 46, with raised 'P&T' monogram in Gaelic script to head and with 'Jessop Davis Enniscorthy' foundry mark to base. Set into rendered boundary wall surrounding national school (not in survey). Located just to the south of St. Joseph’s Catholic church (40852073),…

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Wall-mounted cast-iron post box, erected between 1924 - 46, with raised 'P&T' monogram in Gaelic script to head and with 'Jessop Davis Enniscorthy' foundry mark to base. Set into rendered boundary wall surrounding national school (not in survey). Located just to the south of St. Joseph’s Catholic church (40852073), and to the south of Ballyshannon town centre.
An attractive item of street furniture that represents an early surviving artefact of mass-produced cast-iron ware. Its survival is testament to the quality of its original design and of the materials used in its manufacturing. The modest design of the box is enhanced by the raised P & T motif (Department of Posts and Telegraphs) in Celtic Revival-style script and by the raised foundry mark to the base, which enliven the appearance of this otherwise functional object. The use of Old Irish lettering represents tangible, if subtle evidence of the promotion of an indigenous national identity by the newly independent state. It was cast at the Jessop Davis Foundry (c. 1890 - 1964) of Enniscorthy, County Wexford. This simple piece of street furniture makes a positive contribution to the streetscape to the south of Ballyshannon town centre, and is an addition to the built heritage of the local area. This post box is located outside a school building, c. 1960, and may have been moved to this location from another site.

From the Buildings of Ireland (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage) record 40852074

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  • Highland Radio (publisher); individual photographer not stated, highlandradio.com
  • Kenneth Allen, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Kenneth Allen, Wikimedia Commons
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