Kilmokea / Cill Mhic Aodha / Kilmakea

INFORMATION

Font ID: 09275KIL
Object Type: Stoup?
Font Century and Period/Style: Medieval
Church / Chapel Name: Ruins of a church in the Kilmokea site
Font Location in Church: Reported ca. 1917 in the rectory garden just across from the Kilmokea glebe
Church Address: Kilmokea Country Manor and Gardens, Greatisland, Great Island, Co. Wexford, Y34 TH58, Ireland -- Tel.: +353 86 664 1946
Site Location: Wexford, Leinster, Republic of Ireland, Europe
Directions to Site: Located in the township of Gret Island, 3 km to the right of Kilmokea House, neighbourhood of Portilassa, 15 km from New Ross
Historical Region: Barony of Shelbourne
Additional Comments: abandoned font
Font Notes:
Described in Westropp (1918: 8): "The font, a small cuplike basin with a slight rim, and measuring 13 inches across and 10 inches high, has been removed to the rectory garden." [NB: the paper in which this information was included was read to the RSAI -of which Westropp was president at the time- on 30 January 1917]. A number of vessels of stone exposed to the elements and covered in moss and lichens are shown in the Megalithic Ireland entry for this site [https://www.megalithicireland.com/Kilmokea Ecclesiastical Site, Wexford.html] [accessed 1 August 2025]: "a number of interesting artifacts, including the bullaun stones

COORDINATES

UTM: 29U 638542 5795852
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 52.2960, -6.9930
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 52° 17' 47" N, 6° 59' 35" W

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: round
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Diameter (includes rim): 32.5 cm [approx.]
Basin Total Height: 25 cm [approx.]
Notes on Measurements: Westropp (1918: 8)

REFERENCES

  • Westropp, Thomas Johnson, "Five Large Earthworks in the Barony of Shelburne, Co. Wexford", 48, Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland, 1918, pp. 2-[?]; p. 2-12