In the first of a 2 part article on Togher's Post Offices , the Blog looks back at Pouladuff Road Post Office which like its older sister on Togher Road has actually been in two locations , Pouladuff Road & Edward Walsh Road.
Pouladuff Road Post Office , Pouladuff Road
( attached to Marieville House )
* The first Post Office to open on Pouladuff Road was in a rented premises directly across from the Hegarty ( The Laurels ) house on 14th July 1969. However that particular location was just outside Togher's boundary. The lady running the Post Office sadly passed away three years later. In 1972 , it moved to the other side of Pouladuff Road to number 231 Pouladuff Road landing it firmly in Togher. Angela Myers who lived next door in Marieville House and previously ran a small shop at her premises was head of operations during its tenure there.
Present day view of Marieville House
looking north on Pouladuff Road
Present day view of Marieville House and new business
looking south on Pouladuff Road
Location of old Coal & Turf Depot
After her retirement it was relocated from
Pouladuff Road to its new home on
Edward Walsh Road in
2007 (
see below ). The old
Post Office became a
Video rental store for a short time when in
2015 it opened as
Matrix Hair & Nails which still operates to this day. Down the lane way was a well established
Coal & Turf Depot.
Pouladuff Road Post Office , Edward Walsh Road
*Troy Mahoney Pouladuff Road Post Office
Edward Walsh Road , Togher
As mentioned above , Pouladuff Road Post Office relocated to the old Kellehers shop on Edward Walsh Road in 2007 where it was under the management of Troy Mahoney. That particular branch remained so for almost 19 years. In September of this year ( 2026 ) it changed ownership again and is now operating under new management. The name may confuse people but as per Post Office regulations it was already registered under that name and so the name stayed even though it was now on Edward Walsh Road.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS:
* Images from Ballyphehane FB Page
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