A 'mobile' phone booth in Clonakilty raises a conversation about their use in modern Ireland

Many of the old structures remain in place around the country - and while some have been uprooted, others are in use as storage for items like defibrillators

Phone booths: the original pay-as-you-go phones

What started as an amusing punchline to accompany video of an unusual sight might well become a point of conversation regarding the place of a once-beloved installation in our towns.

West Cork-based Clive Salter has today posted a video of an old phone booth - still in the white and green colour scheme of the old Post and Telegraphs office - being transported in Clonakilty by a tractor, along with the inevitable but amusing 'mobile phone' gag.