Cork No. 2
Image copyright © Steven Lek, 2016
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view of church exterior - west view
Scene Description: Source caption: "St Finbarre's Cathedral"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Steven Lek, 2016
Image Source: digital photograph 30 July 2016 by Steven Lek [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:St_Finbarre's_Cathedral_2016.jpg] [accessed 28 April 2023]
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view of church exterior in context - east view
Scene Description: Source caption: "Out Back of the Cathedral of Cork"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © andrew mcmillan, 2015
Image Source: digital photograph 1 June 2015 by andrew mcmillan [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Out_Back_of_the_Cathedral_-_panoramio.jpg] [accessed 28 April 2023]
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view of church interior - looking east
Scene Description: Source caption: "St Finbarres Cathedral. From the gallery"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Twhelton, 2013
Image Source: digital photograph 27 April 2013 by Twhelton [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:From_the_gallery.jpg] [accessed 28 April 2023]
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INFORMATION
FontID: 00844COR
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: St. Fin Barre / Finbar Cathedral (C. of I.) / Ardeaglais Naomh Fionnbarra
Church Patron Saints: St. Finbar
Church Location: Bishop St, The Lough, Cork, Ireland -- Tel.: +353 21 496 3387
Country Name: Republic of Ireland
Location: Cork, Munster
Directions to Site: Located off the R608, S of Clarke's Bridge, in SW Cork, towards Greenmount Deerpark
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese Cork, Cloyne and Ross
Font Location in Church: [unknown location in the church]
Century and Period: 12th - 16th century, Medieval
Church Notes: St Finbar's Cathedral was built in 1867-1879 on the site of the 6th (?) century original monastery; it, as well as the many other medieval buildings were destroyed in the course of many battles and the civil war (Mehling, 1985)
Font Notes:
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Reported by Pike (1989) as "inspected but not catalogued". The official web site for the Cathedral of St. Fin Barre [http://cathedral.cork.anglican.org/history/history.html] states that "a square stone font, some carved heads, a piscina, and a carved doorway (now inserted in the south boundary wall)" are all from the medieval building. The entry for this church in Wikipedia [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Fin_Barre's_Cathedral] [accessed 26 April 2023] notes: "The baptismal font is near the entrance. Its ledge is decorated with a carving of the head of John the Baptist. The font's bowl is of Cork red marble, and supported by a stem, also red marble, a marble shaft of sculpted capitals, and an octagonal base. Brass lettering reads "We are buried with Him by baptism into death"" [NB: this font is modern; an image can be seen at https://www.archiseek.com/2009/1879-st-finn-barres-cathedral-cork/ [accessed 28 April 2023 -- not dowloadable]]
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 51.8944, -8.4806
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 51° 53′ 39.84″ N, 8° 28′ 50.16″ W
UTM: 29U 535741 5749421
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, type unknown
Font Shape: square
Basin Exterior Shape: square
REFERENCES
Mehling, Franz N., Great Britain and Ireland: a Phaidon Cultural Guide, Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, 1985
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