Prosperous / An Chorrchoill / Curryhills

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B01: angel - holding basket

Scene Description: A winged figure carrying a basket

Image Source: Pike (1989: 49)

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

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Image Source: Pike (1989: 49)

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

INFORMATION

FontID: 00866PRO

Church/Chapel: Parish Church of Curryhills (R. C.)

Church Patron Saints: St. Mary the Virgin & St. Joseph

Church Location: Curryhills, Co. Kildare, Ireland

Country Name: Republic of Ireland

Location: Kildare, Leinster

Directions to Site: Prosperous is about 5 miles NW of Naas, accessible via the R407 or the R409.

Font Location in Church: Reported ca. 1989 as outside the church, used as holy-water stoup

Century and Period: 12th - 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].

Font Notes: Click to view font notes

Described and illustrated in Pike (1989) and (1987-1991): "Outside the church, this Medieval font made of rough limestone is used as a Holy Water stoup. It is said to have been the baptismal font from the old Killybegs Church[...]. A high relief figure with wings and carrying a basket is sculpted on the front of the bowl." The font has no central drainage hole and J.Pike (1987-1991: 210) notes it is strange that not one of the five ancient fonts in Co. Kildare contains an operating central drain, and suggests that the smaller fonts like the one at Leixlip were used as holy-water stoups and that there may not have been the ecclesiastical leadership on this matter in this county as in other areas. [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: 53.28843, -6.7516

Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 53° 17′ 18.35″ N, 6° 45′ 5.76″ W

UTM: 29U 649873 5906715

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, limestone

Number of Pieces: two?

Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)

Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal

Height of Basin Side: 26.7 cm

Basin Total Height: 53.24 cm

Height of Base: 39.47 cm

Font Height (with Plinth): 92.71 cm

Trapezoidal Basin: 50.8 cm (width)

Notes on Measurements: Pike (1989: 49) and 1987-1991: 210)

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; r["References"]