Killiney
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Image Source: Walkeman (1892: pl. I, fig. 3)
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Image Source: Walkeman (1892: pl. I, fig. 5)
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INFORMATION
FontID: 09312KIL
Object Type: Baptismal Font1?
Church/Chapel: Parish Church [in ruins]
Country Name: Republic of Ireland
Location: Dublin, Leinster
Directions to Site: Located in the SE suburbs of Dublin, just S of Dublin Bay, just E of the M11
Font Location in Church: Reported in 1892 in the ruins of the old church
Century and Period: Medieval
Workshop/Group/Artisan: Bullaun font?
Cognate Fonts: The font (?) at Kiltiernan
Font Notes:
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Illustrated in Wlakmeman (1892: pl. I, fig. 5, on p. [103]) among the objects fount in the ruins of the "Ante-Norman" church of Killiney, already in ruins by that time. [NB: cf. Index entry for Kiltiernan for another such 'bullaun font' identified also by Walkeman]
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Number of Pieces: one
Font Shape: round
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
REFERENCES
Wakeman, William Frederick, "Ante-Norman Churches in the County of Dublin", 22, Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland, 1892, pp. [102?]; pl. I, fig. 5, on p. [103]