Kilmalkedar / Cill Mhaoilchéadair / Kilmakeader
Image copyright © Joan Pike, 1989
Permission received (letter of 9/2/2004)
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Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Joan Pike, 1989
Image Source: Pike (1989: 8)
Copyright Instructions: Permission received (letter of 9/2/2004)
INFORMATION
Font ID: 09260KIL
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th - 16th century, Medieval
Workshop/Group/Artisan: Bullaun font?
Cognate Fonts: Pike (1989: 8) gives also Ballyneaning (Co. Kerry) and Fore Co. Westmeath) as other examples of "bullaun" fonts
Church / Chapel Name: Church of St. Brendan? Kilmalkedar
Font Location in Church: In the abandoned church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Brendan [aka Brendan of Clonfert, Brandon the Navigator, Brendan the Abbot, Brendan the Anchorite, Brendan the Bold]
Church Address: Kilmalkedar, Co. Kerry, Ireland
Site Location: Kerry, Republic of Ireland, Europe
Directions to Site: Located in the Dingle Peninsula, off the R556, 5 km E of Ballyferriter, 7 km NW of Dingle
Font Notes:
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Described and illustrated in Pike (1989: 8) as "a perfectly formed bowl, fairly fashioned inside and outside". The vessel is illustrated as a spherical basin with what appear to be as widely-spaced vertical ribs.
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.
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Number of Pieces: one
Font Shape: spherical
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
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, p. 8