Dublin No. 2

INFORMATION

Font ID: 09287DUB
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: Medieval
Church / Chapel Name: Cathedral Church of the Holy Trinity [aka Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin, C. of I.) Ardeaglais Theampall Chríost [NB: Dublin has two cathedrals of the same denomination]
Font Location in Church: Reported in 2000 in a northside chapel
Church Patron Saint(s): The Holy Trinity
Church Notes: wooden church founded early-11thC by Viking king Sitric Silkenbeard; re-built in stone late-12thC century by Normans;enlarged early-13thC; re-built 19thC [NB: Dublin has two cathedrals of the same denomination, RC and C. of I.]
Church Address: Christchurch Pl, Wood Quay, Dublin, D08 TF98, Ireland -- Tel.: +353 1 677 8099
Site Location: Dublin, Leinster, Republic of Ireland, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off Winetavern St., just N of the Cornmarket, in the former core of medieval Dublin
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Dublin and Glendalough
Additional Comments: famous persons's font: it is said that Cromwell's grand-daughter was baptised in it
Font Notes:
Described in Cooke (1903: 382) : "A fine and unusually large font remains in Christchurch, Dublin". The November 2000 Church Review (on-line periodical of the cathedral church) issue informs of the steps being taken to build a 'treasury' for the Cathedral's plate; among the items cited, it informs, is "The font in which Cromwell's grand-daughter is said to have been baptized", obviously a portable basin made of plate which the Review informs, "will remain in the northside chapel" [source: www.cccdub.ie/whatsnew/review]. NB: the main font in this cathedral is a sumptuous work one made of dark marble in the 19th century and located in the baptistery, a northwest chapel].

COORDINATES

UTM: 29U 681644 5913905
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 53.343056, -6.271389
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 53° 20′ 35″ N, 6° 16′ 17″ W

REFERENCES

  • Wakeman, William Frederick, Wakeman's Handbook of Irish Antiquities, Dublin: Hodges, Figgis, 1903, p. 382