Rathcoole

INFORMATION

FontID: 09248RAT
Object Type: Baptismal Font?
Church/Chapel: Old Church
Country Name: Republic of Ireland
Location: Dublin, Leinster
Font Location in Church: Located in the vecinity of Saggart, SW of Dublin
Century and Period: 12th - 16th century, Medieval
Font Notes:
Listed in the South Dublin County Council Development Plan of 1998 (Schedule 1, Preservation and Conservation of Buildings, Structures and Sites - Lists 1 & 2, p. 128: List 2, ref. no. 215): "possible font". This is probably the font referred to in Ball's A History of County Dublin (1902-1920, vol. 3, chapter 8, in his description of Saggart [cf. Index entry] and surrounding area. [NB{ a transcription of Ball's text is available at K. Finlay's site http://indigo.ie/~kfinaly/ball1-6/Ball3/ball3.8.htm]

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone

REFERENCES

Ball, Francis Elrington, A History of County Dublin: the People, Parishes and Antiquities from the Earliest Times to the Close of the 16th Century, Dublin: A. Thom, 1902-1920