Kilcooly / Kilcooley

Described and illustrated in Healy (1891: 224 and ill. on p. 227): "The second capella [of the north transept] next to the choir is lighted by a small ope, widely splayed, and there may be seen the old baptismal font, which indicates that the monks formerly discharged parochial functions." Described and illustrated in Stalley (1987: 204 and fig. 239): "Sixteenth-century font at Kilcooly, ornamented with rib-vault patterns", and dated to after the Dissolution [i.e., 1540+]. The illustration in Stalley shows a four-pointed tracery of original design sharing the sides of the basin with fluting and spirally striated columns. Described and illustrated in Pike (1989: 2324) who describes it as "square outside and cylindrical inside, with reconstructed pedestal and no plinth. The decoration is eight Romanesque flutes on one side and Gothic tracery of ribbed vault patterns with three flutes on the two other faces. One side is against the wall" [therefore the decoration on it, if any, could not be seen at the time of Pike's visit]. Included in Drake (2003: 36) who describes one of the motifs as a saltire. This object is indexed in the Archaeological Survey of Ireland under SMR No. TS043-034010-. The entry for the abbey in Wikipedia [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kilcooly_Abbey] [accessed 25 July 2025] reports the font in it: "The entrance chamber [of the abbey] has a carved baptismal font on its south wall", and provides a set of digital photographs taken 30 November 2024 by A.-K. D [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Kilcooly_Abbey_baptismal_font] [accessed 25 July 2025] in the captions of which the font is identified as being made by the O'Tunny workshop.
A 3-D model made by b-unicycling may be seen in Sketchfab [https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/kilcooley-baptismal-font-77230aa25ddc40d5b304a0b1b104742b] [accessed 25 July 2025]; its caption reads: "Baptismal font from the O’Tunney workshop at Kilcooley Abbey. it is placed against a wall, so one side is missing, and we don’t know whether it is carved as well. Note annotations. SMR no.: TS043-034010-"