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Fountain in Stroan

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Fountain in Stroan
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Stroan Fountain, County Kilkenny
Stroan Fountain, County Kilkenny · Photo: Andrewmc · CC BY 4.0
Monument This is a water fountain, with a stream running through it, which jets out water from each side.
Monument This is a water fountain, with a stream running through it, which jets out water from each side. · Photo: liam murphy · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Fountain in Stroan wears a spike like a Prussian military helmet, which is fierce dress for something offering you water. ‘Are you thirsty?’ ‘I was, sir. Permission to be thirsty again, sir.’

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Freestanding fountain, dated 1866, on a circular plan. Set back from line of road on a corner site.
An obelisk-topped ""Pickelhaube""-like fountain erected 'by subscription' representing an important component of the mid nineteenth-century built heritage of County Kilkenny. NOTE: A lichen-covered panel gives the name of the landlord as Gervase Bushe (d. 1879) of Cloghala House and the 'designer and arranger' as Thomas Seigne (d. 1874) of Kilfane Cottage.

The story behind this place

An obelisk-topped ""Pickelhaube""-like fountain erected 'by subscription' representing an important component of the mid nineteenth-century built heritage of County Kilkenny.

From the Buildings of Ireland (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage) record 12402827

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Pictures: liam murphy, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0; Kilkenny Seakale, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0; A.-K. D., Wikimedia Commons · CC0; National Inventory of Architectural Heritage; A.-K. D., Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0; Störfix, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0 de; Mike Searle, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0; Stephan van Helden, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0; Paddy O'Shea, Wikimedia Commons · Public domain; R. A. Nonenmacher, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0

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