Leixlip / Léim an Bhradáin / Lexlip
Image copyright © Joan Pike, 1989
Permission received (letter of 9/2/2004)
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human figure - head
Scene Description: One human head on each of corners of the basin
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Joan Pike, 1989
Image Source: Pike (1989: 50)
Copyright Instructions: Permission received (letter of 9/2/2004)
view of stoup
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Joan Pike, 1989
Image Source: Pike (1987-1991: pl. 2)
Copyright Instructions: Permission received (letter of 9/2/2004)
view of stoup
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Joan Pike, 1989
Image Source: Pike (1989: 50)
Copyright Instructions: Permission received (letter of 9/2/2004)
INFORMATION
Font ID: 00864LEI
Object Type: Stoup
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th - 16th century, Medieval
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of Our Lady's Nativity (R.C.) [may be originally from the Old Chapel on the Rye Water]
Font Location in Church: Reported ca. 1989 outside the R.C. church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Mary the Virgin
Church Notes: present church ca.1835
Church Address: 6 Old Hill, Leixlip, Co. Kildare, Ireland
Site Location: Kildare, Leinster, Republic of Ireland, Europe
Directions to Site: Leixlip is a located just off the M4, halfway between Dublin and Maynooth, to the W of Lucan; 13km W of Dublin.
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Dublin
Additional Comments: recycled stoup: possibly from a nearby old church
Font Notes:
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Described and illustrated in Pike (1989: 50): "This Holy Water font outside the Roman Catholic Church, which could be Medieval, is said to have come from the Old Chapel on the Rye Water before 1833", as the inscription on the modern pedestal base on which stands reads. The object, which Pike identifies as made of limestone and without a drain, appears cauldron-like and roughly hemispherical and is ornamented with four small human heads at 90-degree angles of the upper basin sides. The chapel was noted in A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland (1837) at the time: "a small edifice, situated on the banks of the Rye Water, [...] about to be replaced by a handsome structure of larger dimensions."
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 667139 5915735
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 53.36427, -6.48807
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 53° 21′ 51.37″ N, 6° 29′ 17.05″ W
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, limestone
Number of Pieces: two
Font Shape: cauldron-shaped
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage System: no drainage system
Diameter (includes rim): 31.75 cm (width=diameter?)
Basin Total Height: 25.4 cm
Height of Base: 73.66 cm
Font Height (less Plinth): 99.06 cm [inludes modern base]
Notes on Measurements: Pike (1989: 50)
INSCRIPTION
Inscription Language: English
Inscription Location: on the modern pedestal
Inscription Text: 'HOLY WATER FONT FROM THE OLD CHAPEL ON THE RYE WATER BEFORE 1833"
Inscription Source: Pike (1989: 50)
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. 50
- Pike, Joan H.K., "Medieval fonts in Kildare", 17, Journal of the County Kildare Archaeological Society, 1987-91, pp. 206-210; p. 206, 209 and pl. 2