Doneraile No. 1 / Dún ar Aill / Dunerayl

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design element - architectural - column - 4

Image Source: digital image of an illustration in Pike (1989: 11)

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design element - motifs - foliage

Scene Description: on the arches above the figures

Image Source: digital image of an illustration in Pike (1989: 11)

Copyright Instructions: Permission received (letter of 9/2/2004)

human figure - male - orant pose - 4

Image Source: digital image of an illustration in Pike (1989: 11)

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view of church exterior - southwest view

Scene Description: Source caption: "St Mary's church, Doneraile"

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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Image Source: digital image of an illustration in Pike (1989: 11)

Copyright Instructions: Permission received (letter of 9/2/2004)

view of font

Scene Description: both fonts

Image Source: digital image of an illustration in Pike (1989: 11)

Copyright Instructions: Permission received (letter of 9/2/2004)

INFORMATION

FontID: 00846DON

Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Mary (C. of I.)

Church Patron Saints: St. Mary the Virgin

Church Location: Horseclose, Doneraile, Co. Cork, Ireland

Country Name: Republic of Ireland

Location: Cork, Munster

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 Location in Church: Reported inside the church ca. 1989

Century and Period: 13th - 14th century, Gothic

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].

Font Notes: Click to view font notes

GET EXT PIC https://www.geograph.ie/photo/3809601 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.

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