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The Spire of Dublin was erected on the site of the Pillar in 2003. The Hibernia statue was depicted on the obverse of a commemorative 2 euro coin marking the Centenary of the Easter Rising in 2016. [16] The postal service An Post moved its headquarters from the General Post Office building to new premises at North Wall Quay in Dublin, in June ...
An Post's previous logo used from 1 January 1984 to 13 December 2018 An Post postal van The General Post Office in Dublin, former headquarters of An Post A small An Post post box attached to a telephone or electricity pole, or street light, is usually called a lamp box Post office in Kincasslagh, County Donegal
The GPO Museum is located in the General Post Office in Dublin, Ireland which opened on 29 March 2016. [1] On the same location was the An Post Museum located between 28 July 2010 and 30 May 2015. It was a small museum which offered visitors an insight into the role played by the Post Office in the development of Irish society over many ...
The Encyclopaedia of Dublin. Gill & Macmillan. ISBN 978-0-717-13684-1. Casey, Christine (2005). Dublin: The City Within the Grand and Royal Canals and the Circular Road with the Phoenix Park. Yale University Press. ISBN 978-0-30010-923-8. Clerkin, Paul (2001). Dublin street names. Dublin: Gill & Macmillan. ISBN 0-7171-3204-8. OCLC 48467800.
Dublin postal districts have been used by Ireland's postal service, known as An Post, to sort mail in Dublin. The system is similar to that used in cities in Europe and North America until they adopted national postal code systems in the 1960s and 1970s.
It corresponded to Dublin postal districts: Dublin 1 is 101, etc., except for Dublin 10 and Dublin 20, both of which had the same code 110, and Dublin 6W, which was 126. Cork had codes for four each of the delivery offices, Ballinlough (901), North City (902), Little Island (903), and South City (903).
Until 1783, it was also the site of Dublin's General Post Office until this moved to a dedicated building on the other side of College Green. [4] Approval was given by the Minister for Finance, Charles Haughey, for a 15-storey skyscraper in November 1967 which was later turned down by Dublin Corporation.
Dublin Central is one of the most densely populated and socially and ethnically diverse areas in Ireland. [1] The postcode consists of most of the northern city centre, [ citation needed ] affluent white collar areas around and including Mayor Square , [ citation needed ] and traditional working class areas such as Sheriff Street . [ 2 ]