- Address
- Waterloo
- Type
- Post box
- NIAH reg. no.
- 20906220
Post box, Waterloo
About Post box, Waterloo
The National Inventory rates Post box, Waterloo Regional, one of 18 in Blarney. Post box, Waterloo dates from 1920–1940. 6 other places on the record stand within 400 m.
This cast-iron post box which is still in use is an excellent example of mass produced early twentieth century cast-iron work. The raised Saorstat Eireann (Irish Free state) motif is an important reminder of the changes that were made in post box design to signify Ireland's independence from Britain.
From the National Inventory’s appraisal, record 20906220 · CC BY 4.0 · Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage
NIAHRead its National Inventory recordThe full description and appraisal, the survey photo and the map · 20906220↗Regional is the National Inventory’s rating for a building of significance in its region; most rated buildings carry it.
Make it a walk: 2 historic places in about 5 minutes
Waterloo, Blarney · about 100 m on foot, as the crow flies
- 1Post box, WaterlooStart here
- 2
St Mary's Roman Catholic ChurchRegional rating (NIAH) · 100 m on
3 within 150 m
Every place on the record within this distance; each opens its own page.
Questions about Post box, Waterloo
Is Post box, Waterloo on the National Inventory?
Yes: rated Regional (record 20906220).
Can you visit Post box, Waterloo?
It can be seen from the street; whether you can go inside depends on its owner.
When was Post box, Waterloo built?
Its National Inventory record dates it to 1920–1940.
Is Post box, Waterloo protected?
Being on the National Inventory or the Sites and Monuments Record is a record, not protection by itself: buildings are protected by their council’s Record of Protected Structures, which each council keeps and no national open list gathers, so this page can’t say which are on it.
Source: National Inventory of Architectural Heritage and Sites and Monuments Record, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata (CC0).
Sources: National Inventory of Architectural Heritage (buildingsofireland.ie). Under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0).
Contains Central Statistics Office (CSO) data, Census 2022, and Tailte Éireann boundaries (CSO Urban Areas, Small Areas, local electoral areas, constituencies), under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0).