Clonfert

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design element - motifs - foliage

Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph 17 September 2009 by Andreas F. Borchert [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Clonfert_Cathedral_Baptismal_Font_2009_09_17.jpg] [accessed 27 April 2023]

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design element - motifs - spiral

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design element - motifs - vine

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design element - patterns - ribbed

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symbol - sun

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view of church exterior - northwest view

Scene Description: Source caption: "Kathedrale von Clonfert"

Image Source: digital photograph 8 June 2019 by Störfix [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Clonfert-Cathedral-01.jpg] [accessed 27 April 2023]

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view of church exterior - southwest view

Scene Description: Source caption: "Kathedrale von Clonfert"

Image Source: digital photograph 8 June 2019 by Störfix [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Clonfert-Cathedral-02.jpg] [accessed 27 April 2023]

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view of church exterior - west portal

Scene Description: Source caption: "Kathedrale von Clonfert"

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view of church exterior - west portal - detail

Scene Description: Source caption: "Arch of the portal of Clonfert Cathedral, Clonfert, County Galway, Ireland"

Image Source: digital photograph 17 September 2009 by Andreas F. Borchert [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Clonfert_Cathedral_Portal_Arch_2009_09_17.jpg] [accessed 27 April 2023]

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view of church interior - looking east

Scene Description: Source caption: "Kathedrale von Clonfert"

Image Source: digital photograph 8 June 2019 by Störfix [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Clonfert-Cathedral-06.jpg] [accessed 27 April 2023]

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view of church interior - looking west

Scene Description: Source caption: "Clonfert Cathedral, nave"

Image Source: digital photograph 16 June 2007 by Chris06 [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Clonfert_Cathedral,_nave.JPG] [accessed 27 April 2023]

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view of font

Image Source: digital image of an illustration in Pike (1989: 41)

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view of font

Scene Description: Source caption: "Baptismal font in the transitional style, likely from the 13th century. Clonfert Cathedral, Clonfert, County Galway, Ireland "

Image Source: digital photograph 17 September 2009 by Andreas F. Borchert [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Clonfert_Cathedral_Baptismal_Font_2009_09_17.jpg] [accessed 27 April 2023]

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INFORMATION

FontID: 00838CLO

Church/Chapel: Cathedral Church of St. Brendan (C. of I.)

Church Patron Saints: St. Brendan? Brandon? Broondhawn?

Church Location: Clonfert South (Seymour), Co. Galway, Ireland

Country Name: Republic of Ireland

Location: Galway, Connacht

Directions to Site: Conflert is about 24 km SSW of Athlone, but access is via a number of roundabout local roads from Ballynasloe, about 120 W of Dublin

Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Limerick and Killaloe

Font Location in Church: Reported ca. 1989 in use inside the church

Century and Period: 15th century (late) (?), Medieval

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.

Church Notes: present building 12thC [ca. 1180?] built on a 6thC church founded by St Brendan

Font Notes: Click to view font notes

Described and illustrated in Pike (1989: 41-42): Medieval octagonal font with central drain and still in use in the Cathedral Church of St. Brendan (C. of I.). This font, writes Pike, "differs considerably from the group of elaborately decorated octagonal fonts with figure carving and representations of the Apostles. St. Brendan's font is deeply chamfered, which indicates a later date, possibly the late 15th century. The designs in relief are abstract Celtic or La Tene design on the rim, with rising sun on one panel. Fronds or palm trees and La Tene spirals appear on the chamfer." The pedestal base has vertical ribs; stands on a plain square lower base that is modern. No cover present.

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 53.240651, -8.058621

Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 53° 14′ 26.35″ N, 8° 3′ 31.04″ W

UTM: 29U 562824 5899455

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, type unknown

Number of Pieces: three?

Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)

Basin Interior Shape: octagonal

Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal

Basin Depth: 31.75 cm*

Height of Basin Side: 15.24 cm*

Basin Total Height: 48.26 cm*

Height of Base: 48.26 cm*

Font Height (with Plinth): 96.52 cm*

Trapezoidal Basin: 78.74 cm* (width)

Notes on Measurements: * Pike (1989: 42)

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