Beautiful pheasant…photo; David Kissane

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More from St. Patrick’s Day Parade 2025

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More from that 1942 tourism survey

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In Search of a Wall Postbox

This is the photo that was posted by a member on my Old Postboxes group. I saw that it was located in Castlelyons in Co. Cork. I have a friend in Castlelyons and she very kindly went in search of the location for us.

Margo tried to get the old Victorian box and the new one right across the road in the same shot.

The old box is on this old mill or barn type building.

Castlelyons is really two villages because just over the bridge, pictured above, is Bridesbridge and this village is a continuation of Castlelyons. The church is on the Bridesbridge side of the river. The Centra, which incorporates the post office and the primary school are also there.

Castlelyons has two pubs, dwelling houses, a Community Centre and a sizeable GAA complex which has two fine pitches, a public walkway, a gym, a community hall, meeting rooms and more.

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A Classic

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A Fact

In 1855 the first train crossed Niagara Falls on a suspension bridge.

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