Telephone box in Chapelizod, County Dublin

What is recorded here

Telephone box in Chapelizod has ‘Telefón’ written on all four sides. Walk round it looking for a bit of variety and it tells you again, like a man who knows one word of Irish and has been put in charge of the directions.

Freestanding telephone kiosk, erected c.1950, standing outside former post office in middle of Chapelizod village. Square-plan, of moulded concrete, with moulded top and having plain frieze with inset panel to each face reading 'Telefón' in Gaelic script. Three-by-six-pane windows to all faces, with doorway to southeast face. Lettering 'P & T' in Gaelic script to base of northeast and southwest faces.

The telephone kiosk in the centre of the historic village of Chapelizod is a well-preserved example of earlier telecommunications infrastructure. Its moulded concrete form, while mass produced, has a visual attraction and the Gaelic lettering is emblematic of public services post-Independence.

From the Buildings of Ireland (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage) record 50060235

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