Freshford nr. Kilkenny No. 1

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B01: design element - patterns - fluted

Scene Description: "roundheaded flutes" on every other side

Image Source: Pike (1989: 20)

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

B02: design element - architectural - arcade - blind - Gothic arches

Scene Description: "Gothic arcades" on every other side

Image Source: Pike (1989: 20)

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

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Image Source: Pike (1989: 20)

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

INFORMATION

FontID: 00871FRE

Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Lachtain(R.C.)

Church Patron Saints: St. Lachtain

Church Location: The Square, Freshford Lots, Freshford, Co. Kilkenny, Ireland

Country Name: Republic of Ireland

Location: Kilkenny, Leinster

Directions to Site: Located off the R694, about 14-15 km SW of Kilkenny

Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Ossory

Font Location in Church: Outside the church

Century and Period: 13th - 14th century, Gothic

Workshop/Group/Artisan: Ossory font

Cognate Fonts: 1. St. Canice's Catherdral, 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. St. Mary's Church, Kilkenny 7. St. Mary and St Catherine, Callan 8. St. Leonard's Church, Dunnamaggan 9.Maddoxtowm Churchyard, Kilkenny 10. St. Mary's Churchyard, Thomastown (fragments) 11.Ballyhale 2nd Stoup outside Roman Catholic Church

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: 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. [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] [cf. Index entry for Freshford No. 2 for the second font serving as stoup outside this church]

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 52.7327, -7.39777

Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 52° 43′ 57.72″ N, 7° 23′ 51.97″ W

UTM: 29U 608185 5843740

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, limestone

Number of Pieces: two

Font Shape: square (mounted)

Basin Interior Shape: round

Basin Exterior Shape: square

Height of Basin Side: 33.02 cm

Basin Total Height: 33.02 cm

Height of Base: 38.10 cm

Font Height (less Plinth): 71.12 cm

Trapezoidal Basin: 66.04 x 66.04 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