It seems unimaginable , but Ireland only assume the postal codification systemearlier this year(and according to an anecdotal account from a Quaker in Cork , masses there loathe it ) . In fact , it might actually be downright unneeded if you debate a recent narration about a little letter that traveled 85 geographical mile from Belfast to the small townspeople of Donegal with impossibly vague addressing .
The recipient and destination on the envelopereadas such : “ Your man Henderson , that boy with the trash who is doing a Ph.D. up here at Queen ’s in Belfast . Buncrana , County Donegal , Ireland . ”
Inside , the very crucial alphabetic character contained simply : " If this has arrived , you endure in a settlement . ”
Donegal is a small Ithiel Town with a population of around 7,000 . There , 32 - class - old Barry Henderson is indeed study at Queen ’s University . The letter made it to him by way of a postman who knows Henderson ’s wife , Roisin . He brought it to her office at theInish Timesnewspaper , where Roisin is a diarist .
She then station an figure of speech of the daredevil addressing onFacebook , to heavy ostentation . Roisin wrote , “ A guy Barry knows sent him this from Belfast , with that wee note included inside it . The postman hand over it to theInish Timesoffice when I was out , asking if it could possibly be for my married man . I conceive it ’s brilliant . Only in Donegal . "
There are few additional inside information about the sender ( besides the fact that Barry Henderson know him ) , but do it to say the postal prankster was vindicated by the delivery .
Not everyone was so amused . Royal Mailstamped the letterwith : " Please remember to compose the postcode clearly . "
