Tallaght No. 2

INFORMATION

FontID: 09286TAL
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Maelruain [found originally at the site of the Chapter House of Christ's Church Cathedral and trnsferred to this church]]
Church Patron Saints: St. Maelruain of Tallaght [aka St Máel Ruain, Mollrooney]
Country Name: Republic of Ireland
Location: Dublin, Leinster
Directions to Site: Located on the R-113, at the N-81, in the southwest suburbs of Dublin city (just W of the M-50 ring-road - exit 11)
Font Location in Church: Reported in 1998 beside the entrance from the priory to the church, where it had been moved from the Chapter House at Christ's Church cathedral
Century and Period: , Medieval
Listed in the South Dublin County Council Development Plan of 1998 (Schedule 1, Preservation and Conservation of Buildings, Structures and Sites - Lists 1 & 2, p. 128: List 2, ref. no. 119) ["Another interesting item is a small holy water font which is beside the entrance from the Priory to the church. This was found at the site of the Chapter House of Christ's Church Cathedral and was given to F. Jorban Powell by whom it was left in Talleght" -- source: Paddy Healy's Tallaght Village at www.activate.ie/sites/sdublinlib/cillage.html] [cf. Index entry for Tallaght No. 1 for a large baptismal font (?) outside this church]

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone