What is recorded here

Freestanding cast-iron water pump, erected c.1870, having banded shaft, fluted head, pointed finial, foliate detail, ram's head bucket grip to spout and curved cow’s tail handle terminating in ball. Set on a raised concrete plinth and enclosed by painted rendered walls with a flight of steps.

This water pump exhibits artistic detailing in its design, which serves to enliven this otherwise functional object. Water pumps such as this played an important social and functional role in nineteenth and twentieth century Ireland, providing a communal water source for the locality. This somewhat isolated water pump makes a positive contribution to the local rural landscape.

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