Tullaherin

INFORMATION

FontID: 09302TUL
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Parish Church [in ruins]
Country Name: Republic of Ireland
Location: Kilkenny, Leinster
Directions to Site: Located off (W) the N-9, about 15 km SE of Kilkenny city
Font Location in Church: Reported seen in the west end of the ruined church in 1731, but it had disappeared by 1893
Century and Period: Medieval
Font Notes:
In his report to the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland (1893, vol. 23: 209), E.F. Hewson's refers to the visitation notes of 1731, on which bishop Tenison wrote: "The font is exposed to the air in the west end of the ruined part of the church", but by the time of Hewson's own visit in 1893, the font had totally vanished.

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone

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. 210