Water pump in Moanoola, County Limerick

What is recorded here

The Water pump in Moanoola has bands round its middle and a grand fluted neck, a brave outfit for the village gossip corner. You’d need that sort of reinforcement to hold in everything said beside a communal water supply.

Freestanding cast-iron water pump, erected c. 1880, comprising cylindrical shaft with banding, fluted neck, spout and cap, having finial. Set on render base.

This pump forms an important part of its historic fabric of Oola. Water pumps such as this once played an important social and functional role providing a source of communal water. Details such as the banded shaft, fluted neck and cap add artistic interest to the pump.

From the Buildings of Ireland (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage) record 21817004

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