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
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)
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
