Tullaherin / An Tulaigh Thirim
INFORMATION
Font ID: 09302TUL
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: Medieval
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church [in ruins]
Font Location in Church: Reported seen in the W end of the ruined church in 1731, but it had disappeared by 1893
Church Notes: 11th-13thC church in ruins is indexed in the Archaeological Survey of Ireland under SMR No. KK024-062001- -- present church built ca. 1840
Church Address: Saint Kieran's Church, Tullaherin, Ireland
Site Location: Kilkenny, Leinster, Republic of Ireland, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off (W) the N-9, about 15 km SE of Kilkenny city
Additional Comments: disappeared font: seen abandoned in 1731; disappeared by 1893
Font Notes:
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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.
COORDINATES
UTM: 29U 626715 5827117
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 52.579317, -7.129887
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 52° 34′ 45.54″ N, 7° 7′ 47.59″ W
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