Lusk No. 2 / Lusca

INFORMATION

Font ID: 09279LUS
Object Type: Stoup
Font Century and Period/Style: Medieval
Church / Chapel Name: Old Church
Font Location in Church: Reported inside the old church in 1783; again in 1838
Church Address: Chapel Rd, Greatcommon, Lusk, Co. Dublin, Ireland -- Tel.: +353 1 843 8421
Site Location: Dublin, Leinster, Republic of Ireland, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the R127 (dir. Skerries), just off the N1, about 20 km N of Dublin
Historical Region: Barony of Balrothery East
Font Notes:
Reported in D'Alton's 'A History of County Dublin' (1838): "Entering this [the church], the stone the stone basin for holy water is seen, and near it a baptismal font, elevated on a pedestal, and bored at the bottom". The Journal of Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland (1914, vol. 44: 253) informs that, when, in 1783, Austin Cooper visited the site of the old church [which "was used until 1847, when the present church was opened"], he mentioned "two old stone fonts; on the edge of one were the letters W.B." [NB: if two 'fonts' were noticed in the old church, it is likely that the one bearing the inscription was the baptismal font, and that the second 'font' was the holy-water stoup [Irish sources often use the term 'holy water font' for a stoup]]

COORDINATES

UTM: 29U 687783 5934521
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 53.526, -6.167
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 53° 31′ 33.6″ N, 6° 10′ 1.2″ W

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone

REFERENCES

  • D'Alton, John, A History of County Dublin, Dublin: Hodges and Smith, 1838, chapter 21: [??]
  • Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland, Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland, 1849+