Ballyvourney / Baile Bhúirne

INFORMATION

FontID: 09305BAL
Church/Chapel: Old conventual church [in ruins]
Country Name: Republic of Ireland
Location: Cork, Munster
Directions to Site: Located about 13 km from Macroom, in West Muskerry
Font Location in Church: Reported ca. 1837 near the well, by the ruins of the old conventual church
Century and Period: , Medieval
Workshop/Group/Artisan: Bullaun font?
Reported in Lewis' Topographical Dictionary of 1837: "Near the well is a large stone with a circular basin or font rudely excavated, the water from which is held sacred" [posted in "Local Ireland", 1999, at http://cork.local.ie/content/15585.shtml/bailebhirneballyvourney] [NB: one of the many "rude fonts", known as "bullaun", considered by some as sacred early fonts for baptism, while many others believe they were just mortars for the preparation of food]

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Number of Pieces: one