Ballyhale No. 1
Image copyright © Joan Pike, 1989
Permission received (letter of 9/2/2004)
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B01: design element - patterns - fluted
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Joan Pike, 1989
Image Source: Pike (1989: 20)
Copyright Instructions: Permission received (letter of 9/2/2004)
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Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Joan Pike, 1989
Image Source: Pike (1989: 20)
Copyright Instructions: Permission received (letter of 9/2/2004)
INFORMATION
FontID: 00867BAL
Object Type: Stoup?
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Martin of Tours (R. C.) [originally from the medieval church of Kiltorcan]
Church Patron Saints: St. Martin of Tours
Church Location: Ballyhale, Co. Kilkenny, Ireland
Country Name: Republic of Ireland
Location: Kilkenny, Leinster
Directions to Site: Ballyhale is about half way (24 kms?) between Kilkenny and Waterford on the N9.
Font Location in Church: Wall-mounted into the old tower
Century and Period: 13th century, Medieval
Workshop/Group/Artisan: Ossory font
Cognate Fonts: 1. St Canice's Cathedral, Kilkenny
2. St Laserian's Cathedral, Old Leighlin, Co. Carlow
3. St Francis' Abbey, Kilkenny
4. St Patrick's Memorial Church, Saul, co. Down
5. Ballyhale, 1st Stoup outside the Roman Catholic Church
6. Outside Freshford Roman Catholic Church
7. St Mary's Church, Kilkenny
8. St Mary and St Catherine, Callan
9. St Leonard's Church, Dunnamaggan
10.Maddoxtowm Churchyard, Kilkenny
11. St Mary's Churchyard, Thomastown (fragments)
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: 19-20) as a "medieval stoup [..] built into the old tower of Ballyhale Church [...] which is in fact the West tower of the Medieval Church of Kiltorcan. [...] It has nine Romanesque flutes in two tiers, with a staggered bottom tier. [...] Internally the bowl is cylindrical to the front face. There is no central drain." [cf. Index entry for Ballyhale No. 2 for the second stoup in this church] [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: 52.46728, -7.20135
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 52° 28′ 2.21″ N, 7° 12′ 4.86″ W
UTM: 29U 622183 5814534
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, type unknown
Number of Pieces: one?
Font Shape: square (wallmounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: square
Height of Basin Side: 26.67 cm
Basin Total Height: 26.67 cm
Font Height (less Plinth): 26.67 cm
Trapezoidal Basin: 64.77 cm
Notes on Measurements: Pike (1989: 20)
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