Kilmacomb

INFORMATION

FontID: 09313KIL
Church/Chapel: Old church [in ruins/disappeared]
Church Patron Saints: [the old church was originally dedicated probably to St. Machar [aka Mochumma]; later to St. Matthew and. later still, to St. John the Baptist, according to Power [cf. FontsNotes]
Country Name: Republic of Ireland
Location: Waterford / Port Láirge, Munster
Directions to Site: Located "on the old road over Foylune Hill, leading from Waterford to Dunmore", according to Power [cf. FontNotes]
Font Location in Church: Reported in 1891 in the ruins of the old church
Century and Period: , Medieval
Patrick Power (1891: 476) reported to the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland that "no traces of the original church now rermain, except a rude stone font, circular in form, which was discovered a few years since in removing an earthen fence beside the church".

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Number of Pieces: one
Font Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round

REFERENCES

Power, Patrick, "The Ancient Ruined Churches of Co. Waterford", 21, Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland, 1891, pp. 475-482; r["References"]