Clonmel No. 3 / Cluain Meala

INFORMATION

FontID: 02729CLO
Church/Chapel: [former] Franciscan Friary (Roman Catholic) [closed January 2023]
Church Location: Burgagery-Lands West, Clonmel, Co. Tipperary, Ireland
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 the Franciscan Friary
Century and Period: 12th - 16th century, Medieval
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful 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.
Descriubed in Pike (1989: 29) as "another undecorated Holy Water Stoup made of limestone". [We are grateful 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. 1 & 2 for other objects in this site]

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 52.352633, -7.700279
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 52° 21′ 9.48″ N, 7° 42′ 1″ W
UTM: 29U 588522 5801055

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, limestone
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