Inistiogue No. 3 / Inistioge
INFORMATION
Font ID: 00875INI
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: composite?
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Mary (C. of I.)
Font Location in Church: Inside, in the chancel
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Mary the Virgin
Church Address: Inistioge, Co. Kilkenny, Ireland
Site Location: Kilkenny, Leinster, Republic of Ireland, Europe
Directions to Site: Inistioge is about 15 miles south of Kilkenny, south of Thomastown off the R700.
Additional Comments: a composite font? [cf. FontNotes]
Font Notes:
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Listed by Pike (1989: 56) as "inspected but not catalogued".
A font illustrated in a set of digital photographs taken 16 October 2024 by A,-K. D. and posted in Wikipedia [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Baptismal_font_in_St_Mary's_Church,_Inistioge] [accessed 26 July 2025] show a rathe unappealing font in the chancel of St Mary's (C. of I.) church in Inistioge, consisting of a newish-looking octagonal basin with chanfered plain sides, raised on an octagonal pedestal base of a much more weathered texture; the captions suggest that the base may belong to the basin built into the Columbkille's well [cf. BSI entry for Inistiogue No. 4]: "Baptismal font in St Mary's Church in Inistioge. The top seems quite modern and is made of limestone whereas the bottom part could be quite ancient and might have come from an earlier font, maybe even the one built into the wall at Columbkille's Well."
A font illustrated in a set of digital photographs taken 16 October 2024 by A,-K. D. and posted in Wikipedia [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Baptismal_font_in_St_Mary's_Church,_Inistioge] [accessed 26 July 2025] show a rathe unappealing font in the chancel of St Mary's (C. of I.) church in Inistioge, consisting of a newish-looking octagonal basin with chanfered plain sides, raised on an octagonal pedestal base of a much more weathered texture; the captions suggest that the base may belong to the basin built into the Columbkille's well [cf. BSI entry for Inistiogue No. 4]: "Baptismal font in St Mary's Church in Inistioge. The top seems quite modern and is made of limestone whereas the bottom part could be quite ancient and might have come from an earlier font, maybe even the one built into the wall at Columbkille's Well."
COORDINATES
UTM: 29U 631486 5817041
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 52.48765, -7.0635
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 52° 29′ 15.54″ N, 7° 3′ 48.6″ W
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, type unknown
Font Shape: unknown
Basin Exterior Shape: Unknown
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. 56