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Post Office

07 April 2010
1814 – General Post Office, O’Connell Street, Dublin

1814 – General Post Office, O’Connell Street, Dublin

Architect: Francis Johnston Built in 1814 and sited in the centre of Dublin’s main thoroughfare – O’Connell Street, the General Post Office was designed by Francis Johnston. Originally the building was faced by...

16 February 2010
1892 – Post Office, James Street, Dublin

1892 – Post Office, James Street, Dublin

Architect: J. Howard Pentland Fine little post office and adjoined sorting office by architect J. Howard Pentland. The Board of Works at this time was producing fine post offices across Ireland with a...

29 January 2010
1881 – Postfuhramt , Berlin

1881 – Postfuhramt , Berlin

Architect: Carl Schwatlo The Postfuhramt housed the central office of Berlin’s pneumatic postal system as well as the main post office for packages. In addition, the building contained a postal and telegraph school....

26 January 2010
1934 – Rathmines Post Office, Dublin

1934 – Rathmines Post Office, Dublin

Architect: Howard Cooke – Office of Public Works Quality building with Art Deco overtones, the Post Office (and formerly Telephone Exchange) in Rathmines is a much overlooked building at a very busy traffic...

19 January 2010
1909 – Post Office, Tullamore, Co. Offaly

1909 – Post Office, Tullamore, Co. Offaly

Architect: J. Howard Pentland A relatively unspectacular Post Office building on O’Connor Square, the building boasts this unusual doorway, probably to provide a modicum of shelter for the old ladies collecting their pensions

07 January 2010
1951 – Post Office, Drogheda, Co. Louth

1951 – Post Office, Drogheda, Co. Louth

Architect: Office of Public Works Designed by Seymour Rice and Ronald Tallon (later of Scott Tallon Walker) while staff of the Office of Public Works. The main public office has an airy bright...

06 January 2010
1910 – Post Office, Dundalk, Co. Louth

1910 – Post Office, Dundalk, Co. Louth

Architect: Board of Works A handsome Arts and Crafts influenced post office which offers a pleasing contrast to the Classical facades of neighbouring buildings. The elegant arcaded central bay, unusual canopied doorways and...

31 December 2009
1939 – Post Office, Athlone, Co. Westmeath

1939 – Post Office, Athlone, Co. Westmeath

Architect: Office of Public Works Fine stone post office, part of a streetscape of state buildings including a Garda Station from 1947 and the Social Welfare office from 1939. Well maintained, the building...

31 December 2009
1901 – Sligo Post Office, Co. Sligo

1901 – Sligo Post Office, Co. Sligo

Architect: Board of Works A fine post office with shallow, bow-fronted end bays with beautiful banded brick. Above the pedimented doorway inscriptions read ‘ Post Office’ and E 1901 R’. The handsome red...