Tallaght No. 2

INFORMATION

Font ID: 09286TAL
Object Type: Stoup
Font Century and Period/Style: Medieval
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Maelruain (C of I)
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
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Maelruain of Tallaght [aka St Máel Ruain, Mollrooney]
Previous Font Location(s): originally at the site of the Chapter House of Christ's Church Cathedral and transferred to this church
Church Notes: present church built in 1829 to replace an earlier one of the "pointed style of architecture", of which the tower remains; it occupies the site of the original [8thC?] monastery
Church Address: St Maelruain's Chruch of Ireland, 24 Main Street, Tallaght, Dublin, Ireland
Site Location: Dublin, Leinster, Republic of Ireland, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the R-113, at the N-81, in the SW suburbs of Dublin city (just W of the M-50 ring-road - exit 11)
Ecclesiastic Region: United Dioceses of Dublin and Glendalough
Font Notes:
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]

COORDINATES

UTM: 29U 675658 5907675
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 53.289135, -6.364645
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 53° 17′ 20.89″ N, 6° 21′ 52.72″ W

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone