Newport nr. Limerick No. 2 / An Port Nua / Tulach Sheasta

INFORMATION

Font ID: 09282NEW
Object Type: Stoup?
Font Century and Period/Style: 15th - 16th century, Late Medieval
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of the Most Holy Redeemer (R.C.)
Font Location in Church: Reported ca. 1904 in the R.C. parish church at Newport, Co. Tipperary
Church Patron Saint(s): Jesus Christ
Previous Font Location(s): rescued from the ruins of Kilcomenty church
Church Address: Church Rd, Newport, Co. Tipperary, Ireland
Site Location: Tipperary, Munster, Republic of Ireland, Europe
Directions to Site: Newport is located off the R503, 16 km ENE of Limerick city
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Cashel & Emly
Historical Region: Barony of Owney and Arra
Additional Comments: recycled stoup (?): from an abandoned church to a chapel, later to another church in Newport
Font Notes:
Reported in Berry (1904: 102 and ill. on p. 101): "A carved holy-water font was many years ago rescued from the ruins [of Kilcomenty church], and brought to the old chapel at Birdhill [nearby]. This [i.e., the 'holy water font'] is now [i.e., ca. 1904] in charge of Rev. Canon Howard, P.P., and has been placed within the precints of the Roman Catholic Church at Newport." The date of the remains of the Kilcomanty church is judged by Berry to date to the late 15th or early 16th century, which may be the date of this 'font' [NB: Irish sources tend to use the term 'holy water font' often to designate a holy-water stoup [cf. Index entry for Kilcomenty for a rectangular stoup found and left in the abandoned graveyard]

COORDINATES

UTM: 29U 540062 5840176
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 52.71, -8.407
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 52° 42′ 36″ N, 8° 24′ 25.2″ W

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone

REFERENCES

  • Berry, Henry F., "The Antiquities of the Parish of Kilcomenty, near Birdhill, County Tipperary", 34, Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland, 1904, pp. [99]-110; p. 103