Irish Postboxes
Postcolonial Palimpsests from Around the Emerald Isle
Tuesday, 31 May 2016
Rue Bonaparte
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Wellington Road in Cork city runs from the intersection of Sidney Place and York Street to St Luke's Cross. The names of the streets and...
Monday, 9 May 2016
Incoherent Postings
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As part of this year's commemoration of the 1916 Easter Rising, An Post painted ten postboxes red in various locations around Dublin (se...
Tuesday, 26 April 2016
In the Night Mountain
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Montenotte - the 'Night Mountain' - is a suburb of Cork City located on the north-east bank of the River Lee. The suburb is situated...
Thursday, 21 April 2016
Dublin by night and by day
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On a recent trip to Dublin, I happened to mention the existence of this blog to a friend. Within thirty seconds, he'd spotted this splen...
Thursday, 14 April 2016
Rail Snail Mail
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I'm live-blogging this from the comfort of Irish Rail's Cork-Dublin train service (with free wi-fi) and unlike yesterday's post,...
Wednesday, 13 April 2016
The Pleasure of an Accidental Find
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There's no greater pleasure than happening upon a lovely old postbox. That was my recent experience on a trip to Dublin's former Roy...
Tuesday, 12 April 2016
"Queen's College", King's Postbox
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Here's a particularly impressive one from the intersection of College Road and Gaol Walk, right at the heart of University College Cork....
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