Clara / Claragh / An Clárach

INFORMATION

FontID: 09300CLA
Object Type: Baptismal Font1 (fragment)
Church/Chapel: Parish Church
Country Name: Republic of Ireland
Location: Kilkenny, Leinster
Directions to Site: Located SW of Kilkenny city, near Tullaherin, itself off (W) the N-9, about 15 km SE of Kilkenny city
Font Location in Church: Reported ca. 1893 in the grounds of the church and churchyard
Century and Period: Medieval
Font Notes:
Described in E.F. Hewson's report to the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland (1893, vol. 23: 207-208): "The base of the font, about 30 inches in diameter, lies in the graveyard, about 5 yards south of the middle of the south wall of the church. A section of the shaft, about 16 inches in diameter, lies 6 or 7 yards south-west of the south-west angle of the church. Both are of unusual pattern." This same source reports "a bullaun, which was removed from the church" [not listed in this Index]

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Number of Pieces: [fragments]
Square Base Dimensions: Shaft diameter: 40 cm -- base diameter: 75 cm
Notes on Measurements: Hewson (1893: 207-208)

REFERENCES

Hewson, E.F., "Churches of Claragh, Blanchvilleskill, and Tullaherin", 23 (1893), Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland, 1893, pp. 207-210; p. 207-208