Dunboyne No. 1
Image copyright © Joan Pike, 1989
Permission received (letter of 9/2/2004)
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B01: inscription
Scene Description: in part
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Roe, 1968
Image Source: Roe (1968: pl. XIX)
Copyright Instructions: PERMISSION NOT AVAILABLE -- IMAGE NOT FOR PUBLIC USE
B02: inscription
Scene Description: in part
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Roe, 1968
Image Source: Roe (1968: pl. XX)
Copyright Instructions: PERMISSION NOT AVAILABLE -- IMAGE NOT FOR PUBLIC USE
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Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Joan Pike, 1989
Image Source: Pike (1989: 36, 51)
Copyright Instructions: Permission received (letter of 9/2/2004)
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Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Roe, 1968
Image Source: Roe (1968: pl. XIX)
Copyright Instructions: PERMISSION NOT AVAILABLE -- IMAGE NOT FOR PUBLIC USE
INFORMATION
Font ID: 00899DUN
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Date: 1579
Font Century and Period/Style: 16th century(late), Gothic
Church / Chapel Name: Church of St. Peter & St. Paul (C. of I.)
Font Location in Church: Inside the new church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Peter & St. Paul
Church Address: Main St, Dunboyne, Co. Meath, Ireland -- Tel.: +353 1 825 5342
Site Location: Meath / An Mhí, Leinster, Republic of Ireland, Europe
Directions to Site: Take the N3 from Dublin for 9 miles to Clonee; Dunboyne is a mile west on the R156/R157.
Font Notes:
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Described and illustrated in Roe (1968: [47]-48 and pl. XIX, XX): octagonal baptismal font dated to 1579 by an inscription, probably a 16th-century replacement of the earlier font in the old church. The font had already been noted in 1740 by Isaac Butler in his visit to the medieval parish, as Roe (ibid.) and Pike (1989: 36, 51) [after Roe] note. The base is square at the bottom but bevelled at the stem making it octagonal to match the botom of the basin. The plinth in which it now stands is modern. Roe (ibid.) comments, referring to the set of initials that accompanies the date, that "a connection with some members of the respected families of Brady and Weston might be conjectured" [NB: Roe explains that Hugh Brady was the first Protestant bishop of Meath and was born in Dunboyne; also that his wife, Alice Weston, was buried in 1585 in the old churchyard]
COORDINATES
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 53.419333, -6.477639
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 53° 25' 9.6" N, 6° 28' 39.5" W
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, limestone
Number of Pieces: two
Font Shape: octagonal, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
Drainage System: centre hole in basin
Drainage Notes: Roe reports it as an "unfinished central drain"
Rim Thickness: 8.3 (Roe)
Diameter (inside rim): 48.5 (Roe)
Height of Basin Side: 27.94 cm
Basin Total Height: 53.34 cm
Height of Base: 52.06 cm
Basin Upper Panel Dimensions: 28 x 26.6 tapering to 28 cm (Roe)
Basin Lower Panel Dimensions: 30 x 28 tapering to 16 cm (Roe)
Font Height (less Plinth): 105.4 cm
Trapezoidal Basin: 64.77 cm (width)
Notes on Measurements: Roe (1968: 48); Pike (1989: 51)
INSCRIPTION
Inscription Location: Basin sides
Inscription Text: "S.W. / C.E.B. / I [or J.] W. / 1579" (Roe)
"1579 S.W.. C.E.3 I.W." (Pike)
Inscription Notes: Inscribed in very large type all around the basin sides.
Inscription Source: Roe (1968: 47); Pike (1989: 51)
REFERENCES
- Cogan, Anthony, The Diocese of Meath: Ancient and Modern, Kill Lane, Blackrock, Co. Dublin: Four Courts Press, 1992 (c1862), vol. I: 189
- II, Journal of the Association for the Preservation of the Memorials of the Dead in Ireland, 1893, pp. 373; vol. VIII: ill. on p. opp. 142
- 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. 36, 51
- Roe, Helen M., Medieval Fonts of Meath, Longford, Ireland: Meath Archaeological and Historical Society, 1968, p. [47]-48 and pl. XIX, XX