Ballylaneen / Baile Uí Fhlaithnín / Ballynaneen

INFORMATION

Font ID: 09239BAL
Object Type: Stoup
Font Century and Period/Style: Medieval
Church / Chapel Name: Old Church, Ballylaneen [in ruins]
Font Location in Church: Reported in the graveyard ca. 1841
Church Address: Ballylaneen, Co. Waterford, Ireland
Site Location: Waterford / Port Láirge, Munster, Republic of Ireland, Europe
Directions to Site: Originally a parish subject to the Augustinian Priory at Mothel. Located off the R677, 6 km S of Kilmacthomas
Historical Region: Barony of Decies-without-Drum
Additional Comments: abandoned stoup: in the graveyard of the ruined church
Font Notes:
The index to the "Letters containing information relative to the antiquities of the County of Waterford, collected during the progress of the Ordnance Survey in 1841" lists under no. 54 for the Parish of Ballylaneen, Co. Waterford, the following entry: "Holy Water Font in the graveyard". The letter itself, signed by a J. O'Donovan is dated "June 10th 1841 / At Kilmacthomas / For Bhrú Machan" and reads: "The old Parish Church of Ballylaneen [...] the graveyard is enclosed and contains several head stones but no monument except a holy water font" [source:www.waterfordcountylibrary.ie/library/categories/onlineresources/article80/ordnancesurveyletters.doc]

COORDINATES

UTM: 29U 608755 5780685
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 52.165928, -7.409879
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 52° 9′ 57.34″ N, 7° 24′ 35.56″ W

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone