Doneraile No. 1 / Dún ar Aill / Dunerayl
Image copyright © Joan Pike, 1989
Permission received (letter of 9/2/2004)
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Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Joan Pike, 1989
Image Source: digital image of an illustration in Pike (1989: 11)
Copyright Instructions: Permission received (letter of 9/2/2004)
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Scene Description: both fonts
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Joan Pike, 1989
Image Source: digital image of an illustration in Pike (1989: 11)
Copyright Instructions: Permission received (letter of 9/2/2004)
view of church exterior - southwest view
Scene Description: Source caption: "St Mary's church, Doneraile"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Dave Kelly, 2013
Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph 5 April 2013 by Dave Kelly [https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/3809601] [accessed 28 April 2023]
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human figure - male - orant pose - 4
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Joan Pike, 1989
Image Source: digital image of an illustration in Pike (1989: 11)
Copyright Instructions: Permission received (letter of 9/2/2004)
design element - motifs - foliage
Scene Description: on the arches above the figures
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Joan Pike, 1989
Image Source: digital image of an illustration in Pike (1989: 11)
Copyright Instructions: Permission received (letter of 9/2/2004)
design element - architectural - column - 4
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Joan Pike, 1989
Image Source: digital image of an illustration in Pike (1989: 11)
Copyright Instructions: Permission received (letter of 9/2/2004)
INFORMATION
Font ID: 00846DON
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 13th - 14th century, Gothic
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Mary (C. of I.)
Font Location in Church: Reported inside the church ca. 1989
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Mary the Virgin
Church Address: Horseclose, Doneraile, Co. Cork, Ireland
Site Location: Cork, Munster, Republic of Ireland, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the R581, E of the N20, 12-13 km NE of Mallow, 30-35 km N of Cork
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese Cork, Cloyne and Ross
Font Notes:
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Described and illustrated in Pike (1989: 11-12) as an early font decorated with four figure sculptures in high relief, one on each side of the square font; they appear to be a boy or man with oversized hands raised in prayer. Each figure is set in a Gothic arch and columns. Pike further informs that the font may have come originally from the old church in Charleville/Rath Luirc (15 miles up the N20), where there is a ruined church at Ballysallagh. An additional basin, [cf. Index entry for Doneraile No. 2], sits on top of it. The only 'font' mentioned in the entry for this church in the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage [https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/buildings-search/building/20808002/saint-marys-church-horseclose-doneraile-cork] [accessed 26 April 2023]is a "polished red granite holy water font" in the west end.
Described and illustrated in Pike (1989: 11-12) as an early font decorated with four figure sculptures in high relief, one on each side of the square font; they appear to be a boy or man with oversized hands raised in prayer. Each figure is set in a Gothic arch and columns. Pike further informs that the font may have come originally from the old church in Charleville/Rath Luirc (15 miles up the N20), where there is a ruined church at Ballysallagh. An additional basin, [cf. Index entry for Doneraile No. 2], sits on top of it. The only 'font' mentioned in the entry for this church in the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage [https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/buildings-search/building/20808002/saint-marys-church-horseclose-doneraile-cork] [accessed 26 April 2023]is a "polished red granite holy water font" in the west end.
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 528372 5785278
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, type unknown
Font Shape: square, mounted
Basin Exterior Shape: square
Height of Basin Side: 67.3 cm
Basin Total Height: 67.3 m
Height of Base: 14 cm
Font Height (less Plinth): 81.28 cm
Font Height (with Plinth): 81.28 cm
Trapezoidal Basin: 41.9 x 41.9 cm
Notes on Measurements: Pike (1989: 12)
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. 11-12