Kilfenora

"Inside the Cathedral is a square stone baptismal water font thought to be dated from around 1200". An entry in the Clare County Library [https://www.clarelibrary.ie/eolas/coclare/places/kilfenora_interest.htm] [accessed 23 July 2025] reports: "beyond the second doorway there is a large square stone baptismal font which may date from around 1200 as its decoration matches that on the chancel's east window"; The font is noted as "a fine fluted font of the later twelfth century is at Kilfenora Cathedral" in T.J. Westropp's The Churches of County Clare [https://clarelibrary.ie/eolas/coclare/history/clare_churches/other_features.htm] [accessed 23 July 2025]. The entry for this church in Wikipedia [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kilfenora_Cathedral] [accessed 23 July 2025] reports "a large square stone baptismal font (possibly from around 1200)" in it. The Wikipedia entry gives a reference for the font mention: "The Cathedrals of the Church of Ireland" Day, J.G.F./ Patton, H.E. p148: London, S.P.C.K., 1932". The entry for this church in the CRSBI [https://www.crsbi.ac.uk/view-item?i=14294] [accessed 23 July 2025] noted and illustrates the font: "The scalloped capitals and font could date from the late 12th or early 13thC [...] SW corner of nave, against S wall. Square bowl with central drain hole. Multi-scallop on front and sides; rear plain. Original supports lost, now resting on four crude square piers."
A 3-D model of this font made by Clare3d may be seen in Sketchfab [https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/kilfinora--font-2e5c44d8513d4653af5b822a668c7b6f] [accessed 23 July 2025]