Talk:General Post Office, Dublin

message: I seem to recall reading that these so called bullet holes are actually weathering of the stone over the years. Can anyone confirm or deny this as it seems like an urban myth? I was involved in photographing the Bank or Ireland building in College Green during its restoration in the 1970s and 1980s and some of the stone deterioration looked quite similar to that alleged to be bullet holes on the GPO. Remember that both buildings are of similar age. Comments appreciated. ww2censor 15:56, 15 June 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I see RashersTierney's new citation from  Frommer's Ireland. I'd really like to see something better source than a travel guide, perhaps an authoritative related architectural publication or a scholarly paper. ww2censor (talk) 02:28, 9 April 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: Bullet holes

message: There don't seem to have been any developments in the Irish government's plans to turn the GPO into a 1916 monument.  It's still a very busy working post office and I suspect that any attempt to turn it into something else would be massively unpopular.  Michael McDowell, the politician who announced the plan, lost his seat in the last election and retired from politics, and the 1916 commemorations came and went last year with no changes to the GPO.  I suggest that this sentence be removed. Lexo 12:38, 27 October 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Rewritten to update new 2008 proposals that do not suggest moving out the post office. ww2censor (talk) 13:44, 4 April 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  GPO to become 1916 Monument 

message: The link to the IRA is the link to the wrong IRA page  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 159.142.204.47 (talk) 22:12, 13 May 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: ww2censor (talk) 00:21, 14 May 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: IRA wikilink

message: The Irish spelling of GPO is given as "Ard-Oifig an Phoist" in the lead (which is also what the Irish Wikipedia says), but the image (and caption) says "Árd-Oifig an Phuist". Why the difference in spelling? Is it due to an orthographic reform? If so, this might deserve some mention in the article. Gabbe (talk) 10:36, 23 September 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: The short answer is: yes. The sign pre-dates standardisation to the Caighdeán Oifigiúil (official standard) for spelling/etc in the early/mid 20th Century. Guliolopez (talk) 11:42, 23 September 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Spelling in Irish? 

message: Under the second image, the caption reads, "The Greek hexastyle portico of the General Post Office, completed in 1818. The Royal Coat of Arms, similar to those at King's Inns and the Irish Houses of Parliament, was removed after independence." It's not very clear whether this should mean that the coat of arms was similar to those at King's Inn and the Houses of Parliament, or if it was similarly removed. Perhaps someone who knows more about it could clarify? Ta Johnhousefriday (talk) 13:22, 1 November 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Image caption 

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message: The opening sentence of this article refers to the GPO as the headquarters of An Post and "the Irish Post Office". I don't know what 'the Irish Post Office' refers to as it makes it sound like it's some sort of organization separate to An Post, when surely they are the same, no? I would remove but perhaps I am out of the loop here. --Jjm596 (talk) 21:25, 7 July 2017 (UTC)
replies: text: Actually it did not say headquarters of An Post and "the Irish Post Office" (my emphasis). The "Irish Post Office" is an English language description of the Irish organisation's name An Post, so with your edit it reads like the two are different, so I will revert to the virtually original but with a slight refactoring. I hope you agree it is now clear. ww2censor (talk) 21:58, 7 July 2017 (UTC)
replies: text:  My mistake, thanks for clearing it up --Jjm596 (talk) 10:16, 8 July 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  'The Irish Post Office' 

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message: Like Notre Dame in Paris, the GPO is officially the geographic centre of Dublin city, with all distances between the capital and other destinations measured in relation to the building. https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/building-of-the-month/the-general-post-office-oconnell-street-dublin-1/ Culloty82 (talk) 17:41, 28 December 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Exact geographic centre of Dublin City