Gainestown / Baile Ghéin

Described in Cogan (1992 c1862, vol. II: 452) as "a fine font". Described and illustrated in Roe (1968: 118-119 and pl. 43) as a medieval baptismal font, "a most remarkable creation and one which may well be unique". Roe's description probably refers to the fact that, unlike most medieval basins, this one, which is square and monolithic, includes not only the narrower underbowl -which tapers in through a short rounded chamfer- but also a much narrower lower end, akin to the top of a pedestal base onto [into?] which it would probably fit. With the exception of the small rounded [or concave, perhaps more appropriately] chamfer of the underbowl side, the sides are practically vertical. The inner well of the basin is reported as "flat-bottomed without a drain" in Roe (ibid.), and the former font being from Lynn being used as holy-water stoup in the porch of the Roman Catholic church of Gainestown ca. 1968.