Irish Post Offices & Postmarks

Ardglass / Downpatrick Co. Down

Ardglass / Downpatrick.

Ardglass90 Mileage Mark Earliest known date - 25OCT 1825 Latest known date - Unknown Postmark type - Straight Line, 2 Lines. Codes Known - Straight (mm) Moxter reports as Ardglass 80

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Ardglass Undated Circle Earliest known date - 6 FEB 1841 Latest known date - 27 DEC 1841 Postmark type - Circlar, two arcs at base, seriffed lettters No Code or date at Top. Codes Known - Circular 26mm, Examples from PRONI ED1/15/11 No. 12 & No. 14 both in Black

Tracing from PRONI Documents

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Ardglass Undated Circle Earliest known date - 5 APR 1847 Latest known date - Unknown Postmark type - Circular, two arcs at base, seriffed lettters No Code or date at Top. Codes Known - Circular 24mm, Examples from PRONI ED1/16/16 No. 2 struck in Black

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Ardglass Earliest known date - 17 AU 1877 Latest known date - 10 JA 1889 Postmark type - Circle, Single Ring, No Arcs, Code at Top. Codes Known -A,B SR (23mm)

from ED1/19/61 PRONI

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Ardglass / Double Arc Earliest known date - 12 SE 1859 Latest known date - 30 JUN 1864 Postmark type - Circular, No Code code at top, Short thin Arcs at Base. Codes Known - DR24mm

12 SEP 1859 - ED1/16/121 30 JUN 1864 - ED1/17/181   21 JUN 1861 - ED1/17/61, No25

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Ardglass / Downpatrick Earliest known date - 31 MR 1905 Latest known date - 3 AU 1905 Postmark type - Circle, Code at top on 2 lines, No Arcs. Codes Known - 5PM, 830AM SR 26mm

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Ardglass / Downpatrick Co.Down Earliest known date - 13 AU 1946 Latest known date - 28 NO 1994 Postmark type - Circular, Single Letter code at top, Short thick Arcs. Codes Known - A, B DR 27/16mm

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Ardglass / Downpatrick Earliest known date - Latest known date - 28 NO 1994 Postmark type - Circular, Double Letter code at top, No Arcs Codes Known - 1A DR 24mm

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Ardglass / Downpatrick / PostOffice Earliest known date - 15 JL1996 Latest known date - Postmark type - Circular, SID, Single Letter code at top, Post Office at Base. Codes Known - A DR 24mm

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Ardglass / Downpatrick / Co. Down Parcel Post Earliest known date - Latest known date - 14 OCT 1994 Postmark type - Rectangular, 64x33m. Codes Known - 67x33mm

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Top Post Office circa 2000. Middle - PO2 Taken Apr 1995 Bottom - Historic View of Kildare St from late 1800's.

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Ardglass Post Office by J Finlay June 1993.

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In 2009 the Post Office was located at

5 Castle Place, Ardglass, Downpatrick, County Down BT30 7TP, Tel 028 4484 1200‎

1826 - PO Opens
POC, POSB, 3 Feb 1862 (MOO Dec 1851-Dec1852)
Telegraph Office, Wed 13 Sept 1871, reported in Down Recorder 16 Sept 1871
Post Masters:-
(Thoms) - 1844-8, Elizabeth Norris
1849, Martha Kearney? Could this be Kearns?
1850-2 Martha Kearns?
1853-84, Richard Kearns

(Bassetts) 1890-1920, Miss M. Kearns, Kildare St
1921-2, Mrs Hughes, Bath St
1925, Miss Hughes,
1930-45, Mrs A. Hughes on Seafront?
1946, Mrs Craig
1947 Mrs J. Hughes
1948, Mrs Hugh Craig
1949-52, T. Todd
1953-5, D.J. McClenaghan
Moved to present position
1956-64, W.E. Cornwell, PO+Jail+Bank
1966-89, V. Rea

In 1994 there was 1 DR, 1SR and 1 Parcel Cancellation in use.

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From the Belfast and Ulster Towns Directory for 1910
ARDGLASS, CO. DOWN
Twenty-four miles from Belfast, a parish and seaport town and centre of fishing stations on the north-east coast, formerly the chief port of Ulster. It is much frequented in the summer season for sea bathing. Area of parish, 2022 acres. Population (census 1901), 784. Town population, 501

POST OFFICE, TELEGRAPH, MONEY ORDER, AND SAVINGS BANK
--Miss Kearns, Postmistress

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