Malahide

INFORMATION

Font ID: 00857MAL
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church / Chapel Name: St. Doulach (C. of I.)
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Doulach
Church Address: Saintdoolaghs, St Doolaghs, Co. Dublin, Ireland -- Tel.: +353 1 845 4770
Site Location: Dublin, Leinster, Republic of Ireland, Europe
Directions to Site: Malahide is on the coast, 2-3 miles N of Dublin
Font Notes:
Pike (1989) reports a plain font "inspected but not listed" in Malahide St. Doulach's (Pike, 1989). The Phaidon guide mentions the Norman constructions and the 15-16th cent. abbey (Mehling, 1985) [possible sources for the font?]

COORDINATES

UTM: 29U 687522 5922116
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 53.414722, -6.178333
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 53° 24′ 53″ N, 6° 10′ 42″ W

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, type unknown
Font Shape: unknown
Basin Exterior Shape: Unknown

REFERENCES

  • Mehling, Franz N., Great Britain and Ireland: a Phaidon Cultural Guide, Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, 1985, p. 579
  • 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. 56