What is recorded here
Water pump in Carrownacroagh sits at a crossroads beside a Marian shrine: a magnificent place to gather gossip and a disastrous place to enjoy it. ‘I wouldn’t say a word against her, Our Lady, but you’ve seen the carry-on yourself.’
Freestanding cast-iron water pump, erected c.1860, now disused. Comprising cylindrical shaft with raised horizontal banding, fluted upper section, fluted domed cap with finial, decoration to spout neck and cow's tail pumping arm. Set back from road and enclosed on three sides by rendered boundary wall with rectangular concrete water trough to front.
Water pumps were important to nineteenth and twentieth-century social life as they provided a communal water source to local communities. This pump is located in a prominent position adjacent to a Marian shrine and at the corner of a crossroads. The detailing adds artistic interest to this once functional object and though now disused, it provides a visually attractive feature in the landscape.
From the Buildings of Ireland (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage) record 30405502
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