Rathcoole / Ráth Cúil

INFORMATION

Font ID: 09248RAT
Object Type: Baptismal Font1?
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th - 16th century, Medieval
Church / Chapel Name: Old Church, Rathcoole
Church Address: Rathcoole, Co. Dublin D24 EP90, Ireland
Site Location: Dublin, Leinster, Republic of Ireland, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off (S) the N7, just W of Saggart
Ecclesiastic Region: United Dioceses of Dublin & Glendalough?
Additional Comments: not clear whether this is the C.of I. church dedicated to St Comgall of ca.1740 on Main St, Rathcoole -- in the United Dioceses of Dublin & Glendalough
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]

COORDINATES

UTM: 29U 668477 5906707
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 53.282778, -6.472778
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 53° 16′ 58″ N, 6° 28′ 22″ W

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, vol. 3, chapter 8: [??]