Cork No. 1 / Shandon
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inscription - partial view
Scene Description: initial part of the inscription
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Joan Pike, 1989
Image Source: digital image of an illustration in Pike (1989: 29)
Copyright Instructions: Permission received (letter of 9/2/2004)
inscription - partial view
Scene Description: end of the inscription
view of church exterior - southeast view
Scene Description: Source caption: "St Anne's Church Cork City"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Charlesolivercork, 2018
Image Source: digital photograph 10 Februay 2018 by Charlesolivercork [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Shandon2.jpg] [accessed 28 April 2023]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-4.0
view of font - side 1
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Joan Pike, 1989
Image Source: digital image of an illustration in Pike (1989: 29)
Copyright Instructions: Permission received (letter of 9/2/2004)
view of font - side 2
INFORMATION
FontID: 00843COR
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Anne's Shandon (C. of I.) (probably from the medieval church of St. Mary)
Church Patron Saints: [the medieval church was dedicated to St. Mary]
Church Location: Church St, Shandon, Cork, Ireland -- Tel.: +353 21 450 5906
Country Name: Republic of Ireland
Location: Cork, Munster
Directions to Site: Located on the hill of Shandon, overlooking Cork, W of the N11, on the N bank of the river
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese Cork, Cloyne and Ross
Font Location in Church: Inside the new church
Date: 1629?
Century and Period: 17th century
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: St. Anne's church built 1722-1726
Font Notes:
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In his entry for St. Ann's Shandon church Windele (1849) notes: "On a plain font in this church is inscribed: 'Walte. Elington and William Ring, 1629. Made this Pant [sic] at their charges'". Described and illustrated in Pike (1989): "This font, which is late Medieval, is square, made of limestone, and is still in use. It has a blocked central drain. It is tripartite, with a reconstructed octagonal pedestal and octagonal base. The lead lining was added in 1773. There is an inscription on two faces with letters incised into the stone" [cf. Inscription area below]. The font is believed to be from St. Mary's, the medieval church destroyed in the siege of 1690, and moved to St. Ann's when it was erected in 1722.
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 51.903333, -8.476111
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 51° 54′ 12″ N, 8° 28′ 34″ W
UTM: 29U 536043 5750416
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, limestone
Number of Pieces: three
Font Shape: square (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: square
Drainage Notes: Drain hole is now blocked
Basin Total Height: 31.75 cm*
Font Height (with Plinth): 108.20 cm*
Trapezoidal Basin: 54.61 x 58.42 cm*
Notes on Measurements: * Pike (1989: 29)
INSCRIPTION
Inscription Language: English
Inscription Location: On two faces with letters incised into the stone
Inscription Text: "WALTER ELINGTON and William ring 1629 / MADE THIS PANT AT THEIR CHARGES"
Inscription Source: Windele (1849: 60); Pike (1989: 29)
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
Windele, J., Historical and descriptive notices of the city of Cork and its vecinity […], Cork: Bradford & Co., 1849