Water pump in Derrylurgan

Freestanding cast-iron water hydrant, c.1910, comprising fluted shaft with projecting spout under fluted ogee dome with acorn finial, moulded necking with recent tap. Now disused. Set back from line of road on concrete pavement at junction.

This water hydrant is of social interest, dating from a period before mains water supply was readily available and when clean drinking water was provided as a communal source. It is conveniently located at a road junction on the outskirts of the town. Conceived as an aesthetic as well as functional object, it is an execellent example of the high quality design of mass produced cast-iron work in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.