Old Leighlin No. 2
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Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Joan Pike, 1989
Image Source: digital image of an illustration in Pike (1989: 26)
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Scene Description: Source caption: "The two fonts inside the cathedral are older than the present building. The oldest of the two is carved from a single piece of Kilkenny marble with rough hand tools. "
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Jim Dempsey and Deb Snelson in Megalithic Ireland, 2023
Image Source: digital photograph by Jim Dempsey and Deb Snelson in Megalithic Ireland
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INFORMATION
FontID: 00835OLD
Church/Chapel: Cathedral Church of St. Laserian (C. of I.)
Church Patron Saints: St. Laserian [aka Laisren, Laizran, Lazarian, Molaise]
Church Location: Oldleighlin, Co. Carlow, Ireland
Country Name: Republic of Ireland
Location: Carlow, Leinster
Directions to Site: Old Leighlin is located off (W) the M9, 12 km S of Carlow (access from the R448 at Leighlinbridge)
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Cashel and Ossory [previously Diocese of Leighlin]
Font Location in Church: Reported ca. 1989 inside the church and still in use
Century and Period: 12th century, Romanesque
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Dr. Rachel Moss, and to Trinity College, Dublin, for the copy of Ms. Pike's work, and to Ms. Joan Pike for her kind permission to reproduce her original drawings].
Described and illustrated in Pike (1989: 26): "This original font of the Cathedral, the fabric of which goes back to the 12th century, is polished limestone, square and has a central drain. It is tripartite, has a round pedestal with four round pods, and a square plinth. The bowl [i.e., the inner well in this case] is cylindrical". [cf. Index entry for Old Leighlin No. 1 for a baptismal font of the Ossory group, originally from St. Mary's, Gowran, but in this cathedral since March 1986]
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal:
52.736389,
-7.026111
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS:
52° 44′ 11″ N,
7° 1′ 34″ W
UTM: 29U 633267 5844774
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material:
stone, limestone
Font Shape: square (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: square
Height of Basin Side: 45.72 cm*
Basin Total Height: 45.72 cm*
Font Height (with Plinth): 94 cm*
Trapezoidal Basin: 61 x 61 cm*
Notes on Measurements: * Pike (1989: 26)
REFERENCES
Pike, Joan H.K., "Medieval Fonts of Ireland", [Supplied courtesy of The Dept. of the History of Art, Trinity College, Dublin], [Ireland]: [Privately printed], 1989
