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The lovely Con over at blogaire.blogspot.com sent me this gem! He wrote, "These Post Boxes predate Irish Independence and you can see the British Monarch's Crown on it. After the Irish Free State was set up after 1922 the cash strapped government couldn't afford new boxes so the just painted the red British ones green!" vintage postcards
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Dublin, Ireland Post Box - Postcard Friendship Friday
Posted by Marie Reed at 12:01 AM
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35 cool cats commented:
oh, I love your mailboxes!!!
"After 1922 the cash strapped government couldn't afford new boxes so the just painted the red British ones green!"
... and they still use them!? :-)
Before seeing the pictures over the past few weeks I had never realized that postal boxes were shaped so many different ways!
Evelyn in Montreal
Amazing how well it has lasted!
Happy PFF !
I love how people are sending you pictures of the mail boxes! Very fun you lucky girl! How are you feeling today, all better yet? I suspect after that delicious crepe yesterday you are but I still thought I would ask. :)
Ireland Forever! :o)
I will take pics of our new mailbox when it's finished. We're redesigning the whole entrance at our home.
Happy PFF pal! ♥ ∞
Our old boring gray boxes they call mailboxes here are really looking bad now! That cute green one is so neat!
I am heading out of town. Have a great weekend.
What a really cool-looking post box! I probably would not even have known what it was :)
Love the mailbox picture. I wonder why they chose that particular shape. I know why they chose the green paint! *grin*
Can Mail Boxes be "Darling"?!
I Love anything with a "Crown" on it... Thanks for sharing...
Pearl
green mailboxes! how irish! :)
Nice story. I like the colour, but the old red boxes from England can be so beautiful too. Enjoy tour Postcard Friendship Friday!
This green Irish mailbox is very beautiful.
A great card! I'd love to have a green version of me. :)
This sounds like fun - I have a million postcards to post
So green, so pretty, so Irish!
Happy Friday my friend!
tina :)
Perfect, I love the story that goes with.
Maybe they're clearly less visible in green but they're perfect for Ireland. They've always wanted to show their differences.
Those clever Irishmen! I love that you show us all the different types of postal boxes! They are like mini works of art!
I just love your postcards. Love the green mailbox. Blessings
Love your mailbox photos! This one is definitely "wearin' o' the green" Mmm I see crepes and cider one post down. I must dash over there!
Wonderful ...
I think those mailboxes are beautiful! I have to echo a comment I just made at another favorite blog: why can't things be constructed for beauty in addition to functionality in our modern world (and when I say world, I refer to my little corner of it in Northern California, where things could be so beautiful but usually aren't)?
now green for Ireland OK,
but why yellow for ours (in France)?
happy PFF.
I'm too lazy to investigate why Ireland chose to be represented by the color 'green', but I wonder.
Hi Marie,
I love your postcards. And I'm really excited about Postcard Friendship Friday! My first postcard isn't of a mailbox, but I hope you and readers like it.
Judy
Maybe they could have afforded to replace the boxes later, but these mail boxes are just too nice! Good that you can still see them around!
That is so cool!
Cool mailbox. Ours are square and dark blue. Very boring!
I still haven't scanned in any postcards, but I left you Betty Boop! Boop oop a doop.:)
Hi Marie! This is interesting, I will try to join next time.
Just dropped by to say, "Have a happy weekend!"
That's one GREEN mailbox and I love it. I was too late to sign in for PFF on Friday. (My Old Postcard Wednesday offering this week was of The Cliff House in San Francisco.)
It's not too late to plan on shutting out your lights at 8:30 p.m. tonight (Sat.) for Earth Hour 2009!
Yea, I got through everyone except for one. I'm going to have to get up earlier to visit everyone in one day! ha ha
Sock Monkey and English mailbox
Look what I brought you!!!
xoxoxo
Sock Monkey
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