Overview
post box — UREGARE is recorded as post box in Limerick. The saved source gives an exact reason to look beyond the map label: Wall-mounted cast-iron post box, c. 1905, with the royal insignia of Edward VII.
Why it was built
The saved source records: Mounted in rendered wall at entrance to the Summer Ville house.
People and work
The short source does not safely name the people, events or traditions tied to this exact point. A famous nearby story is not attached without evidence that it belongs here.
How it changed
The saved wording does not establish one complete story of attack, rebuilding, abandonment, damage or later change. No single cause is claimed without evidence.
What survives
The saved source records: Wall-mounted cast-iron post box, c. 1905, with the royal insignia of Edward VII.
Why it mattered
post box — UREGARE matters for the exact reasons given in its official assessment, rather than merely because it is an old structure. The source records: This is a well designed post box, the modest form of which is enhanced by the ornate raised lettering and crown motif. This explains what the place adds to local life, the street or the surviving built history.
History checked 15 August 2026 against the named sources below.
Places near here
- Uregare Graveyardmemorial0.2 miles
- Grave Yard — Knockuregaremonument0.2 miles
- Site of Uregare Church — Knockuregaremonument0.2 miles
- St Margarets Well — Knockuregaremonument0.2 miles
- Greenpark House — UREGAREbuilding0.3 miles
- Enclosure in Uregaremonument0.3 miles
- Barrow — ditch barrow in Ballinstona Northmonument0.4 miles
- Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Knockuregaremonument0.4 miles
- Fulacht fia in Knockuregaremonument0.5 miles
- Earthwork in Uregaremonument0.5 miles
- Earthwork in Ballinstona Northmonument0.5 miles
- Earthwork in Knockuregaremonument0.5 miles
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