Kilcock
Image copyright © Joan Pike, 1989
Permission received (letter of 9/2/2004)
Results: 5 records
B01: symbol - shield - blank - 8
Scene Description: one on each side of the basin
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Joan Pike, 1989
Image Source: Pike (1989: 43)
Copyright Instructions: Permission received (letter of 9/2/2004)
BU01: human figure - head - 3
Scene Description: one on each panel of the chamfer
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Joan Pike, 1989
Image Source: Pike (1989: 43)
Copyright Instructions: Permission received (letter of 9/2/2004)
BU02: animal - mammal - dog - head
Scene Description: on one of the panels of the chamfer
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Joan Pike, 1989
Image Source: Pike (1989: 43)
Copyright Instructions: Permission received (letter of 9/2/2004)
BU03: animal - mammal - cat - head
Scene Description: on one of the panels of the chamfer
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Joan Pike, 1989
Image Source: Pike (1989: 43)
Copyright Instructions: Permission received (letter of 9/2/2004)
BU04: view of font
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Joan Pike, 1989
Image Source: Pike (1989: 43)
Copyright Instructions: Permission received (letter of 9/2/2004)
INFORMATION
Font ID: 00863KIL
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 14th - 16th century, Medieval
Workshop/Group/Artisan: heraldic font
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Patrick (C. of I.) [may be originally from the Carmelite Friary at nearby Cloncurry]
Font Location in Church: Reported ca. 1989 in use inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Patrick [aka Pádraig, Padrig, Patricius]
Site Location: Kildare, Leinster, Republic of Ireland, Europe
Directions to Site: Kilcok is about 5 miles west of Maynooth, itself 15 miles west of Dublin on the M4. Exit the M4 for Maynooth and then take the local road west to Kilcok.
Additional Comments: recycled font?; perhaps from a nearby friary
Font Notes:
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Described and illustrated in Pike (1989: 43): "There is an octagonal Medieval font in use in St. Patrick's Church, but no record of where this font was originally located [perhaps in Cloncurry, near Enfield, where Pike mentions a Carmelite Friary founded in 1347]. It [the font] is made of limestone, with no central drain, and is decorated with shields carved in relief on the eight faces of the font bowl. There are human faces carved on three faces of the chamfer; three are blank, while the remaining two panels have animal faces - a cat and a dog." The illustration in Pike shows an octagonal pedestal base and a splayed, also octagonal, lower base [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]
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 655031 5919347
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 53.40612, -6.68426
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, limestone
Number of Pieces: three?
Font Shape: octagonal, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
Drainage System: no drainage system
Height of Basin Side: 26.67 cm
Basin Total Height: 49.53 cm
Height of Base: 52.07 cm
Font Height (with Plinth): 101.6 cm
Trapezoidal Basin: 71.12 cm (width)
Notes on Measurements: Pike (1989: 43) and (1987-1991: 207)
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. 43
- Pike, Joan H.K., "Medieval fonts in Kildare", 17, Journal of the County Kildare Archaeological Society, 1987-91, pp. 206-210; p. 206, 207 and pl. 1