GB 1d Red Plate 40 used with the Ardrahan MX 1844.
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Ardrahan is a village in County Galway, Ireland.
Richard de Burgo conquered Galway in 1236, and granted the land to Maurice Fitzgerald who built the castle whose ruins still stand today. The churchyard wall contains the remains of a round tower, which suggests that a monastic community may have existed on the site before the castle was built.
Ardrahan was issued with the number 7 Post Office Numeral in 1844 and later changed to number 6 in the 1874 lists
Postmark Examples 1920-
Great Britain era -1920
1844 Cover sent from Ardrahan to Galway.
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