Dunboyne No. 1
Image copyright © Roe, 1968
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B01: inscription
Scene Description: in part
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Roe, 1968
Image Source: Roe (1968: pl. XIX)
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B02: inscription
Scene Description: in part
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Roe, 1968
Image Source: Roe (1968: pl. XX)
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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)
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INFORMATION
FontID: 00899DUN
Church/Chapel: Church of St. Peter & St. Paul (C. of I.)
Church Patron Saints: St. Peter & St. Paul
Church Location: Main St, Dunboyne, Co. Meath, Ireland -- Tel.: +353 1 825 5342
Country Name: Republic of Ireland
Location: Meath / An Mhí, Leinster
Directions to Site: Take the N3 from Dublin for 9 miles to Clonee; Dunboyne is a mile west on the R156/R157.
Font Location in Church: Inside the new church
Date: 1579
Century and Period: 16th century(late), Gothic
Font Notes: Click to view font notes
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
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal:
53.419333,
-6.477639
Church 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 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 Notes: Inscribed in very large type all around the basin sides.
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 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)
II, Journal of the Association for the Preservation of the Memorials of the Dead in Ireland, 1893, pp. 373; r["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
Roe, Helen M., Medieval Fonts of Meath, Longford, Ireland: Meath Archaeological and Historical Society, 1968