Water pump in Ballygorey, County Kilkenny

What is recorded here

Water pump in Ballygorey has a handle shaped like a cow's tail. At last, something you could pull for a bucket of water without being chased out of the field.

Freestanding cast-iron waterpump, c.1900, comprising banded cylindrical shaft with moulded necking supporting fluted cylindrical head having spout, curvilinear 'cow tail' handle, and fluted domed capping on stringcourse. Now disused. Road fronted on grass verge.

Making a positive, if subtle impression in the locality a waterpump represents an important artefact of early mass-produced cast-iron ware. While fine detailing identifies the design aesthetic of the composition the waterpump remains of particular importance as evidence of the mechanisms installed for the provision of water from a local source in the period before the establishment of mains systems.

From the Buildings of Ireland (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage) record 12404538

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