Ballyvourney / Baile Bhúirne
INFORMATION
Font ID: 09305BAL
Object Type: Baptismal Font1?
Font Century and Period/Style: Medieval
Workshop/Group/Artisan: Bullaun font?
Church / Chapel Name: Old conventual church [aka St Gobnait’s Church] [in ruins]
Font Location in Church: Reported ca. 1837 near the well, by the ruins of the old conventual church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Gobnt [aka Gobnait] [6th-7thC -- feast-day of 11/12 February]
Church Notes: St Gobnait's well is a religious complex built on the site of a 6th or 7th century nunnery[1] near Ballyvourney, County Cork, Ireland. Consisting of a holy well, two churches and a graveyard, it dates to the Middle Ages.
Church Address: Ballyvourney, Co. Cork, Ireland
Site Location: Cork, Munster, Republic of Ireland, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off (W) the R618, about 13 km WNW of Macroom, in West Muskerry
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Cloyne
Font Notes:
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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]
COORDINATES
UTM: 29U 488524 5754182
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 51.938238, -9.166939
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 51° 56′ 17.66″ N, 9° 10′ 0.98″ W
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Number of Pieces: one