Clonmel No. 1 / Cluain Meala
Image copyright © Joan Pike, 1989
Permission received (letter of 9/2/2004)
Results: 4 records
B01:
human figure - head? - 2
Scene Description: "unformed heads on two corners"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Joan Pike, 1989
Image Source: Pike (1989: 28)
Copyright Instructions: Permission received (letter of 9/2/2004)
B02:
design element - patterns - fluted
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Joan Pike, 1989
Image Source: Pike (1989: 28)
Copyright Instructions: Permission received (letter of 9/2/2004)
LB01:
coat of arms - unidentified
Scene Description: [NB: this base may not belong to the basin]
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Joan Pike, 1989
Image Source: Pike (1989: 28)
Copyright Instructions: Permission received (letter of 9/2/2004)
view of basin
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Joan Pike, 1989
Image Source: Pike (1989: 28)
Copyright Instructions: Permission received (letter of 9/2/2004)
INFORMATION
FontID: 00909CLO
Church/Chapel: Franciscan Friary (R.C.) [originally from the medieval church]
Church Patron Saints: [the medieval church was dedicated to the Assumption of St. Mary]
Country Name: Republic of Ireland
Location: Tipperary, Munster
Directions to Site: Clonmel is about 35 miles west of Waterford on the N24.
Font Location in Church: Reported ca. 1989 in a yard outside the Franciscan Friary built in 1891 by Doolin
Date: 1269?
Century and Period: 12th - 16th century, Medieval
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]
Described and illustrated in Pike (1989: 28-29): "this font basin in a yard outside the Franciscan Friary, built by Doolin in 1891. The font is said to have come from the Medieval Church founded in 1269 [...] dedicated to the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, otherwise Our Lady of Clonmel"[... and] is not in use. It is made of limestone and is square with a drain at the bottom on on. There are unformed heads on two corners and an inscription affixedto the font which reads: 'Baptismal Font of the Ancient Church of St. Mary's Clonmel'". Pike (ibid.) informs also of a pedestal of a font that appears medieval and is decorated "with shield and crest", though it may not belong to this font. [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 entries for Clonmel Nos. 2 & 3 for two medieval stoups in this site]
COORDINATES
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: 27.94 cm
Basin Total Height: 27.94 cm
Trapezoidal Basin: 56.7 x 60.96 cm
Notes on Measurements: Pike (1989: 29)
INSCRIPTION
Inscription Language: English
Inscription Notes: Obviously not contemporary with the object
Inscription Location: Affixed to the font
Inscription Text: "Baptismal Font of the Ancient Church of St Mary's Clonmel"
Inscription Source: Pike (1989: 29)
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
