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Intriguingly, the Irish Eircode system is seemingly not used for postal deliveries by An Post (the mail service). See various contributions to the discussion h
by wrgef 4y ago
Intriguingly, the Irish Eircode system is seemingly not used for postal deliveries by An Post (the mail service).
See various contributions to the discussion here: https://www.boards.ie/discussion/2058233089/is-it-true-that-an-post-doesnt-use-eircodes https://www.boards.ie/discussion/2058233089/is-it-true-that-...
Around the same time as the Eircode was introduced, water meters were installed for every property in Ireland. They have never been used, because of public outcry over the idea of being charged for water use. Don't imitate Ireland.
- wiredfool 4y agoAn Post is one of the intended users of the EirCode system. I'm tempted to try a letter or postcard to the eircode, just to see if it gets delivered. e.g. Name Eircode Ireland also makes it reasonably common that you won't have a number in the address. Someone Foo House Town Co Meath Ireland Is a perfectly reasonable and somewhat common address.
- donalhunt 4y agoIt's actually quite amazing that Ireland survived without postcodes for so long. The following format is probably the most common: Name Townland Co. County Ireland Townlands could have 200+ people. Maybe more in some areas.
- wiredfool 4y agoOh definitely, my townland is at least a couple of estates, at 100+ houses each. And then there are the creatively named estates, where the whole street name is stop words. One near me has "[number] The Avenue", "The Court", "The Close", "The Drive". Townlands are optional, or it can be the name of a large road near you. I think there are at least 3 addresses corresponding to my house that are used by official government mail, one of the things that EirCodes were supposed to prevent.