Green Postbox Campaign

Greening the Post Boxes -- DIY!

Over the past week over 50 Post Boxes across the North have been painted back to their rightful shade of Green.

The organisers behind the 'Green Post Box Campaign' are using the initial burst of action, as a way to promote the initiative, and encourage every young nationally minded person, to play a part in this public service and 'Do It Yourself!'

An Ógra Shinn Féin spokesperson said,

"Activists have been engaged in the greening of post boxes across the north in the previous week, to assert proudly and very visibly that we live in Ireland, and our post boxes should be green."

"This is a practical manifestation of the All Ireland agenda, a novel way in which young nationally minded people can promote their Irishness and highlight the folly of partition. The young people involved in these actions are simply providing a public service and should be applauded for saving 'An Post' a job of work when we achieve Irish unity."

"The greening of northern post boxes is a job for all young Irish people. The campaign has started, its time to get your bucket of green gloss, paint brush and 'Do It Yourself!"

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[JohnKelly32102]

Is this in Northern Ireland?

Also I wonder if there are some Post boxes in the Republic of Ireland around before 1921 or 1916.

[OgraShinnFein]

@JohnKelly32102

Yes this is in the northern Six Counties, all postboxes there are painted red while those in the south are painted green.

There are postboxes in the south from before 1916 - many were destroyed or had the British Crown removed. Others, still have the crown on them but have been painted over with green paint.

[ProfessorSpinkins]

thats called vandalism, you are encouraging people to engage in criminality - i thought SF had renounced criminal activities, obviously not

[OgraShinnFein]

Sinn Fein has never engaged or promoted criminal activities.

[TirEoghainLad]

All nationalist/republican areas in Tyrone will be 'greened' ahead of the National Hungerstrike March ;)

[Danners666]

Im standing up in front of my pc well done!

We need more activitys like this!!!

[grametes]

For heaven's sake its a postbox, it doesn't matter what colour it is as long as the royal mail gets whats in it to its destination on time.

[GaeilgeSpraoi]

An-mhaith buachaillí, is fearr liom an bosca poist glas! ^^

[Bosco239]

@OgraShinnFein lol

[meatisdeliciouse]

I never get any post : ( All I get is junk mail.

[1916padraigPearse]

and too the lad that saiid the ouncil will paint over it, theyll have to to it in the midlle of the night, coz were not ltting them in boad daylight, and i dont see the hun having probem with blue n red cerbs, hipo-crite cunts,

[51wins]

Simple thing is, make the people who paint them or Sinn Fein pay for them to be painted red again plus a few hundred £ fine to put them from doing it again.

[chugger2hotty]

@OgraShinnFein

still has the ER of the Queen on it, even though the colour has changed u cant change the Government or Queen HAHAHAHAHAHA

[chugger2hotty]

Council always paint them Red again so its a waste of their paint hahahahaha

[JohnKelly32102]

@OgraShinnFein Thank you