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Post box in Howth

Post box
Post box in Howth
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The Post box in Howth still carries Edward’s royal initials on a little box fixed to a wall. There’s a lesson for anyone getting notions: even a king can end up with his name on a cupboard he can’t fit into.

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Wall-mounted cast-iron post box, c.1905, with raised 'ER' monogram.

From the Buildings of Ireland (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage) record 11367005

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Pictures: National Inventory of Architectural Heritage; Rossyxan, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0; Jojo Nemčok, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0; Christine Matthews, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0; Wingbat, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0; JP, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0; O'Dea, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0; Mic from Reading - Berkshire, United Kingdom, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.0

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