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Water pump in Ballynacourty

Water pump
Water pump in Ballynacourty
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Water pump in Ballynacourty stands beside the crossroads, where fetching water must have been a dangerous business for anyone in a hurry. In the comedy version, you learn who went which way, who they were with, and why their mother won’t be told. The bucket is still empty.

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Freestanding cast-iron water pump, erected c.1880, comprising banded cylindrical shaft with fluted head having fluted spout, straight handle, and fluted cap with pointed finial. Concrete trough to front. Set on platform at roadside close to crossroads, and having concrete walls to rear and sides.
This is a typical late nineteenth-century water pump, of a standard design that is encountered throughout rural Galway. Water pumps played an important social role in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries by providing a communal water source before the development of mains water supply. Frequently, as in this case, water pumps were located at or near road junctions.

From the Buildings of Ireland (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage) record 30410314

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