Killone No. 1

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Image Source: Westropp (1900: ill. on p. 130)
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note the font marked with the letter "c"
Scene Description: note the font marked with the letter "c"
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Image Source: Westropp (1900: ill. on p. 129)
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INFORMATION

Font ID: 09284KIL
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 15th century, Late Medieval
Church / Chapel Name: Church in the Augustinian Convent, Killone / Mainistir Chill Eoin
Font Location in Church: Reported ca. 1900 in the nave of the conventual church, at the angle formed bu the N wall and the E (?) wall of the chancel
Church Notes: Killone Abbey is a former nunnery founded 1190 and located on the grounds of Newhall Estate
Church Address: Killone, Ennis, Co. Clare, Ireland
Site Location: Clare, Munster, Republic of Ireland, Europe
Directions to Site: Located by the NW shore of Killene Lough, W of the R473, 6-7 km SSW of Ennis
Additional Comments: Also located on the grounds of Newhall Estate is Holy Well of Saint John the Baptist, known as Tobar Eoin
Font Notes:
Described and illustrated in Westropp (1900: 129, 130) [Westropp read his paper to the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland, of which he was a fellow, on 29 April 1899]: "Near it [the crypt] is a simple but interesting font, resting on an octagonal pillar, with round fillets to fours sides, and a moulded head with a round basin." In Westropp's plan of the convent, the font is located in the NE corner of the nave, near the chancel. There is another mention of this font, also in Westropp ([?]): "probably of the fifteenth century, at Killone convent". [cf Index entry for Killone No. 2 for a wall-mounted holy-water stoup in the same church]

COORDINATES

UTM: 29U 499708 5850712
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 52.8062, -9.004339
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 52° 48′ 22.32″ N, 9° 0′ 15.62″ W

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: cylindrical, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Diameter (includes rim): 45 cm*
Font Height (with Plinth): 110 cm*
Notes on Measurements: Westropp (1900: ill on p. 130) *[According to the scale bar in Westropp's illustration, the outside diameter of the basin would be about. 18 in. [approx. 45 cm.] and the height of the font about 44 in. [approx. 110 cm]]

REFERENCES

  • Westropp, Thomas Johnson, "The Augustinian Houses of the County Clare: Clare, Killone, and Inchicronan", 30, Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland, 1900, pp. 118-135; p. 130 and ill. on p. 129
  • Westropp, Thomas Johnson, "The Churches of County Clare: other features", [unknown], [????]