Kyleogue / Killogue / Keelogue

INFORMATION

FontID: 09266KYL
Church/Chapel: Ruins of the old church
Country Name: Republic of Ireland
Location: Laois, Leinster
Directions to Site: Located near, and in the parish of Durrow, itself about 23 km SSW of Port Laoighise
Font Location in Church: In the churchyard
Century and Period: , Medieval
Described in Carrigan (1905, vol. 2): "Some years ago the holy water font, recovered from the Gowl river, to which, perhaps, pious hands had committed it, to save it from desecration, was again brought back to the churchyard; it is of freestone, very rough with bowl 12 in. deep". [source: www.irishmidlandsancestry.com/content/laois/community/parishhistories/durrow_parish.htm]

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, freestone
Number of Pieces: one
Basin Depth: 30 cm [approx.]

REFERENCES

Carrigan, William, The History and Antiquities of the Diocese of Ossory, Dublin: Sealy & Co., 1905