Freshford nr. Kilkenny No. 1

Described and illustrated in Pike (1989: 20) as one of "two Medieval fonts outside Freshford Roman Catholic Church, which are no longer in use. These fonts may have come from the ancient monastic Church, successor to one founded in 622 by Bishop St. Lachtan". This font, used now as holy-water stoup, "belongs to the Ossory group [...], is limestone and has a central drain. The decoration on two sides is roundheaded flutes and on the alternate two sides is Gothic arcades". This basin shows in Pike's drawing raised on a plain square pedestal base with trimmed or chamfered corners.
A set of digital photographs of this font taken 5 September 2024 by A.-K. D. may be see in Wikipedia [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Freshford_baptismal_font] [accessed 26 July 2025].
A 3-D model of this font made by b-unicycling may be seen in Sketchfab [https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/freshford-ossory-font-e0d59524d5bf49d5b66ebad6b29074d3] [accessed 23 July 2025]; the caption reads: "Baptismal font of the Ossory type (according to Joan Pike; I’m not entirely convinced) with a mix of Romanesque and Gothic styles. It is believed to have come from the old St Lachtain’s Church and is now in use in the Roman catholic Church of St Lachtain in Freshford. The base is modern [...] Compare also with the St. Canice’s and Maddoxtown examples which have more elaborate tops."