Adare No. 2 / Áth Dara
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design element - motifs - moulding
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design element - patterns - torsade - 8
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Christ - monogram - IHS
Scene Description: on one of the sides of the base
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design element - architectural - arch or window - trefoiled - 8
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design element - motifs - roll moulding - parallel - 2
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 09395ADA
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 16th - 17th century, Renaissance
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Nicholas (C. of I.) [formerly the church of the Trinitarian Abbey]
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, near the door
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Nicholas of Myra
Site Location: Limerick, Munster, Republic of Ireland, Europe
Directions to Site: Located about 16 km SW of Limerick city, down the N21
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Limerick
Additional Comments: moved font: originally from the Augustinian Abbey; moved into the Trinitarian Abbey church which became the Parish church in the 19thC
Font Notes:
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The baptismal font in the church of the Augustinian Friary at Adare is octagonal and appears to be of the 16th century or later; the basin is octagonal with vertical sides and decorated with a roll moulding at the top, and torsade columns at the angles; at least one of the sides has a symbol [monogram?]; the chamfer is tall and slightly curved linkning to a short octagonal base decorated with two thin roll mouldings; the lower end splays slightly, raised on a square plinth; quadrangular 'kneeling stone'. Flat wooden cover, probably modern. [cf. Index entry for Adare No. 1 for an earlier font now at St. Nicholas']
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Charlie Healy, webmaster of www.limerickdioceseheritage.org for the photograph of this font.
COORDINATES
UTM: 29U 514235 5823792
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: octagonal, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
LID INFORMATION
Date: modern?
Material: wood
Apparatus: no
Notes: flat and plain