愛爾蘭文化小郵筒大歷史 Irish Culture Post box in Ireland

愛爾蘭文化小郵筒大歷史 Irish Culture Post box in Ireland

愛爾蘭文化小郵筒大歷史 Irish Culture Post box in Ireland , 和大家分享一個愛爾蘭小趣聞。愛爾蘭郵政局 An Post 的郵箱是綠色,又有皇冠的! 2016年都柏林將 10 個郵箱由綠色重新上漆成紅色, 到底是什麼一回事?! 

愛爾蘭文化小郵筒大歷史 Irish Culture Post box in Ireland

愛爾蘭國家顏色是綠色 ,愛爾蘭郵政局 An Post 的郵箱也是綠色,這樣真是正常不過。細心一看,有皇冠啊,不是和英國的一樣嗎?是的,這批郵箱是英治時期製作的,愛爾蘭獨立後塗上綠油漆,真是小郵筒,大歷史!

Post box in Republic of Ireland
愛爾蘭郵箱 Post box in Republic of Ireland
Postbox in Northern Ireland UK
英國北愛爾蘭郵箱 Post box in Northern Ireland UK

2016 年都柏林將 10 個郵箱由綠色漆成紅色

有趣的是, 2016年都柏林將 10 個郵箱由綠色重新上漆成紅色,以紀念1916年百年起義。2016年3月至5月期間, An Post 把 10 個在地標的郵箱上漆成紅色,令大家起初嚇了一跳, 原來是重溫 100 年前還在英治時期這些郵箱所在的地方發生過的革命事件, 這個活動還配上互動影片, 可以看到演員重溫的革命片段呢! 地點包括:

  1. Grafton Street
  2. the Royal College of Surgeons
  3. St Stephen’s Green
  4. Liberty Hall
  5. Dún Laoghaire pier
  6. Mount Street
  7. Haddington Road
  8. the Four Courts
  9. O’Connell Street
  10. the GPO
An Post boxes repainted royal red to mark 1916 Rising
演員重溫的革命片段 Actors run past a newly repainted post box as part of an An Post 1916 centenary project. Photograph: Maxwell’s, https://www.irishtimes.com/news/ireland/irish-news/an-post-boxes-repainted-royal-red-to-mark-1916-rising-1.2581854

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Summary

Post boxes were painted green once Ireland won independence.

In 2016, An Post repainted ten post boxes in Dublin city red for an An Post initiative to mark the centenary of the 1916 Rising, it lasted for two months.  Free video links was provided to let the public know what happened at the spot of those repainted post boxes in 1916.

Reference and Credit

https://www.irishtimes.com/news/ireland/irish-news/an-post-boxes-repainted-royal-red-to-mark-1916-rising-1.2581854

https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/1916/heres-why-some-of-dublins-postboxes-turned-red-overnight-34558480.html

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