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
FontID: 00863KIL
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Patrick (C. of I.) [may be originally from the Carmelite Friary at nearby Cloncurry]
Church Patron Saints: St. Patrick [aka Pádraig, Padrig, Patricius]
Country Name: Republic of Ireland
Location: Kildare, Leinster
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.
Font Location in Church: Reported ca. 1989 in use inside the church
Century and Period: 14th - 16th century, Medieval
Workshop/Group/Artisan: heraldic font
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:
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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]
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 53.40612, -6.68426
UTM: 29U 655031 5919347
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, limestone
Number of Pieces: three?
Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
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
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