Graigue

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Scene Description: the panels had carvings before the 1814 'improvement' [cf. Font notes]; [missing information]

INFORMATION

FontID: 09276GRA
Church/Chapel: Church of St. Fiachra
Church Patron Saints: St. Fiacre [aka Fiachra]
Country Name: Republic of Ireland
Location: Carlow, Leinster
Directions to Site: Graigue is located just W of Carlow
Font Location in Church: Reported ca. 1814 moved from its original place in Ullard to Graigue
Century and Period: , Medieval
In a paper presented to the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland, a summary of which appears in its Journal (1911, vol. 41: 203), P. O'Leary, of Graigue, Co. Carlow, reported: "An ancient baptismal font, formerly at Ullard, was brought into Graigue in the year 1814, where it may be seen as 'improved' [in italics in the original] by some vandal of a stonecutter. It is of octagon shape, and had carvings on the panels". [NB: the report does not give information on what the 'improvement' of the font left of the carvings]

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: octagonal
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal

REFERENCES

Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland, Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland, 1849+