2014
W1233 : Pillar box
taken 9 years ago, near to Skibbereen, Co Cork, Ireland
Pillar box
Pillar box in North Street. Cast by Cochrane, Grove and Co. of Dudley in the English Black Country. (Other pillar boxes by this company: Link
) Bears the British royal crest and the VR (Victoria Regina) monogram. Now made Irish by the simple expedient of green paint.
Sobering to think that this may have been there when the Famine, noted in the song "Skibbereen" Link was raging.
) Bears the British royal crest and the VR (Victoria Regina) monogram. Now made Irish by the simple expedient of green paint.Sobering to think that this may have been there when the Famine, noted in the song "Skibbereen" Link
was raging.![Creative Commons Licence [Some Rights Reserved]](https://s1.geograph.org.uk/img/somerights20.gif){kind=small}
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- W1233, 60 images (more nearby 🔍)
- Photographer
- Roger W Haworth (more nearby)
- Date Taken
- Tuesday, 1 July, 2014 (more nearby)
- Submitted
- Saturday, 26 July, 2014
- Subject Location
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Irish:
W 1234 3393 [10m precision]
WGS84: 51:33.1048N 9:15.8705W - Camera Location
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Irish: W 1234 3393
- View Direction
- Southeast (about 135 degrees)
