Kilfenora

INFORMATION

FontID: 09297KIL
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Cathedral Church of St. Fachtna
Church Patron Saints: St. Fachtna
Country Name: Republic of Ireland
Location: Clare, Munster
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, beyond the second doorway
Century and Period: 12th century (late?), Late Romanesque
Font Notes:
Reported by Westropp ([?]): "a fine fluted font of the later twelfth century". "Inside the Cathedral is a square stone baptismal water font thought to be dated from around 1200". [Mary Mullins' "Kilfenora Cathedral", http://clare.local.ie/content/18504.shtml/kilfenora]. The decoration on the font is said to match that of the east window of the chancel [source: Clare Library, www.clarelibrary.ie/eolas/coclare/places/kilfenora_interest.htm]

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone

REFERENCES

Westropp, Thomas Johnson, "The Churches of County Clare: other features", [unknown], [????]