Bruree
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Copyright Statement: Image copyright © www.limerickdioceseheritage.org, 2004
Image Source: Charlie Healy [www.limerickdioceseheritage.org]
Copyright Instructions: Permission received (e-mail of 15/3/2004)
INFORMATION
FontID: 09397BRU
Museum and Inventory Number: De Valera Museum
Church/Chapel: Church of St. Munchin
Church Patron Saints: St. Munchin [aka Mainchin, Manchen]
Country Name: Republic of Ireland
Location: Limerick, Munster
Directions to Site: Bruree is located on the R518, just E of the N20, 6-7 km WNW of Kilmallock
Font Location in Church: [now in a museum]
Century and Period: , Medieval
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Charlie Healy, webmaster of www.limerickdioceseheritage.org for the photograph of this object.
Font Notes: Click to view font notes
A quadrangular stone object used as a holy-water stoup in the church of St. Munchin, Bruree, now kept in the De Valera Museum. The object could well have been a medieval domestic vessel originally. [We are grateful to Charlie Healy, webmaster of www.limerickdioceseheritage.org for the photograph of this object]
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material:
stone
Number of Pieces: one
Font Shape: quadrangular
Basin Interior Shape: quadrangular
Basin Exterior Shape: quadrangular