Carrigrohane
Image copyright © Joan Pike, 1989
Permission received (letter of 9/2/2004)
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view of font
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Joan Pike, 1989
Image Source: digital image of an illustration in Pike (1989: 27)
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view of church exterior - southeast view
Scene Description: Source caption: "St Peter’s Church Carrigrohane, seen from the South East"
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view of church exterior - northwest view - detail
Scene Description: Source caption: "St Peter’s Church Carrigrohane, seen from the North West"
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view of church exterior - east view
Scene Description: Source caption: "St Peter’s Church Carrigrohane, seen from the East"
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 00841CAR
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th - 16th century, Medieval
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Peter (C. of I.)
Font Location in Church: Reported ca. 1989 in use inside the new church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Peter
Church Notes: present St Peter's is Gothic revival, built in 1854 on the site of an earlier [13thC?] church; new church restored 200 and 2021
Church Address: Church Hill, Carrigrohane, Co. Cork, T12 TX89, Ireland -- Tel.: +353 21 487 7260
Site Location: Cork, Munster, Republic of Ireland, Europe
Directions to Site: Carrigrohane is located off the N22, now practically a SW suburb of Cork
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Cork, Cloyne and Ross
Additional Comments: moved font / re-cycled font ((from the old church, now in the new)
Font Notes:
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Described and illustrated in Pike (1989: 27) as a medieval font still in use in this church: "It is made of limestone and is square with bevelled corners. It is tripartite, has a central drain, and a hemispherical bowl [i.e., inner well]. The square pedestal has bevelled corners ans is mounted on a square plinth also with bevelled corners. There is no other decoration."
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.
COORDINATES
UTM: 29U 530048 5749388
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 51.894444, -8.563333
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 51° 53′ 40″ N, 8° 33′ 48″ W
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, limestone
Font Shape: square, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: square
Drainage System: centre hole in basin
Height of Basin Side: 31.11 cm*
Font Height (with Plinth): 92.07 cm*
Square Base Dimensions: 31.11 x 63.5 cm*
Trapezoidal Basin: 104 x 104 cm*
Notes on Measurements: * Pike (1989: 27)
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, p. 27