Overview
water pump — Balla is recorded as water pump in Mayo. The saved source gives an exact reason to look beyond the map label: Freestanding cast-iron water hydrant, extant 1945.
Why it was built
The label water pump gives the safest clue to purpose or form. It does not by itself prove the exact building method, daily use, age or sequence of changes at this place.
People and work
The short source does not safely name the people, events or traditions tied to this exact point. A famous nearby story is not attached without evidence that it belongs here.
How it changed
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What survives
The saved source records: Freestanding cast-iron water hydrant, extant 1945.
Why it mattered
water pump — Balla matters for the exact reasons given in its official assessment, rather than merely because it is an old structure. The source records: A water hydrant supplied by Glenfield and Kennedy (established 1852) of Kilmarnock representing an interesting example of mass-produced cast-iron work making a pleasing, if largely inconspicuous visual statement in a rural village street scene. This explains what the place adds to local life, the street or the surviving built history.
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