Water pump in Naul, County Dublin

What is recorded here

Water pump in Naul arrived with an acorn on top and supplied rusty water, sending the locals back to the older pump. A fine entrance, followed by the drinking-water equivalent of being asked who invited you.

Freestanding cast-iron "cow tail" waterpump, installed 1922, on a square plan with panelled shaft on panelled pedestal having acorn finial-topped fluted capping. Disused, 2000. Repositioned, 2014. Restored, 2020. Street fronted on concrete footpath. NOTE: The waterpump, supplied by Tonge and Taggart (established 1869) of Dublin and distinguished by a ball finial handgrip, was installed to a specification by Anthony Scott (c.1844-1919), Architect and Engineer to Balrothery Rural District Council (appointed 1906), on foot of 'a memorial submitted by...a number of residents for the provision of a pump' in addition to the waterpump previously installed (1914) outside the dispensary (The Drogheda Argus and Leinster Journal 13th September 1919). However, the water from the pump had a rusty discolouration, pointing to a faulty lining, and villagers preferred to get their supply from the earlier waterpump (pers. conn. 2020). Castings include the emblem of Balrothery Rural District Council (established 1898; abolished 1925) and the "Déanta I nÉirinn" emblem created (1907) by the Irish Industrial Development Association and the first trademark registered in Ireland under the Industrial and Commercial Property (Protection) Act, 1927. The waterpump was restored by Naul Community Council in 2020 with funding from The Heritage Council under the Community Heritage Grant Scheme.

From the Buildings of Ireland (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage) record 11308005

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