Inch / Cloyne Union

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Image Source: digital image of an illustration in Pike (1989: 32)

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

INFORMATION

FontID: 00848INC

Church/Chapel: Parish Church (C.of I.) [from the ruins of the medieval church]

Church Location: Inch, Cork, Co. Cork, Ireland

Country Name: Republic of Ireland

Location: Cork, Munster

Directions to Site: Inch is located off (E) the L3806, about 7 km N of Killeagh and the N25, 7-8 km NW of Youghal

Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese Cork, Cloyne and Ross

Century and Period: 13th - 16th century, Medieval

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: present church ca. 1800 incorporating fabric of an earlier church; modified 1898

Font Notes: Click to view font notes

Described and illustrated in Pike (1989: 32): "This font may have come from an old ruined Medieval Church nearby. It is of limestone and has a central drain. The bowl is square externally and is bevelled and grooved. The bowl [i.e., the inner basin well] is slightly bucket-shaped with a square pedestal and base.

COORDINATES

UTM: 29U 570251 5759975

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, limestone

Number of Pieces: two?

Font Shape: square (mounted)

Basin Interior Shape: round

Basin Exterior Shape: square

Height of Basin Side: 22.86 cm*

Basin Total Height: 35.56 cm*

Font Height (with Plinth): 78.74 cm*

Trapezoidal Basin: 55.88 x 55.88 cm*

Notes on Measurements: * Pike (1989: 32)

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