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Ireland's Oldest Postbox

Cork, Ireland

Inside Cork's Kent station stands its country's longest-serving postbox. 

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This long-serving postbox sits outside the ticket turnstiles of Kent Station along the station’s western wall, no ticket is required. It changed in color from red to green over the decades. Cork recently added a banner recognizing its record tenure in Gaelic and English.

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