Survey Data
Reg No
20400202
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Artistic, Historical, Social
Original Use
Fountain
In Use As
Fountain
Date
1870 - 1880
Coordinates
123094, 207829
Date Recorded
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Date Updated
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Description
Freestanding public fountain, erected 1875, comprising carved limestone plinth and capped pedestal with inset plaques and cast-iron lion head spouts having troughs below. Plaques record the names of those involved in providing Ballyvaghan with one of the earliest reliable public water supplies in the country. The fountain was erected by two Connemara stonemasons, the Coyne brothers, who were marooned in Ballyvaghan when their craft sank at Gleninagh pier.