Post box in Grange, County Limerick

What is recorded here

Post box in Grange sits in a school pier wearing the Irish state’s Gaelic lettering instead of a royal crest. Of all the places for a king to be replaced, outside a school is cruel. Everybody saw, and somebody definitely went ‘Ooooooh.’

Wall-mounted cast-iron post box, erected c. 1930, with raised P&T lettering. Set into square-profile pier of neighbouring school. Manufactured by Saint John's Works Enniscorthy.

The simple Gaelic lettering of the P & T emblem adds an artistic quality to this early example of mass produced functional objects. The emblem is significant as it illustrates the growing confidence of the Irish Free State, replacing the royal insignia found on post boxes belonging to an earlier era.

From the Buildings of Ireland (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage) record 21903202

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National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
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