What is recorded here
Water pump in Creggs has a handle shaped like a cow’s tail and stands beside the old church. Pulling a real cow’s tail might bring you closer to God too, but considerably faster.
Freestanding cast-iron water pump, erected c.1870, having fluted shaft, spout with bucket grip, banding above spout, fluted neck with attached cow's tail pumping handle, and fluted conical cap with pointed finial. Flat metal base set in concrete on platform with recent rubble walling to front, approached by two steps, and flanked by flared coursed limestone and rendered walls. Stands next to graveyard of disused and ruinous Church of Ireland church.
This water pump is in excellent condition and stands prominently at the south end of the village of Creggs, next to the former Church of Ireland church.
From the Buildings of Ireland (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage) record 30402008
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