Dundalk / Dún Dealgan
INFORMATION
Font ID: 10325DUN
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: Medieval
Church / Chapel Name: Old Chapel
Church Address: [NB: address & coordinates given for the town] Dundalk A91 K2P4, Ireland
Site Location: Louth, Leinster, Republic of Ireland, Europe
Directions to Site: Dundalk is located of the N52, E of the M1, 6-7 km S of the border with Northern Ireland, on the shore of the Muir Éireann -- Old Chapel site no located
Font Notes:
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Baptismal font reported by P.L. Macardle in the Journal of the County Louth Archaeological Society, Vol. II, No. 3, pp. 305-306, October, 1910 [https://sources.nli.ie/Record/PS_UR_062477] [accessed 17 August 2025]. A mention of "A new font was presented by Mr and Mrs MB Murray in 1910" is made in Dundalk Churchyard [https://www.dundalkchurchyard.ie/church/history-of-the-church/] [accessed 17 August 2025] but it refers to the present parish church, not the "old chapel".
COORDINATES
UTM: 29U 670374 5987144
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
REFERENCES
- Macardle, P.L., "Baptismal Font at the Old Chapel, Dundalk", II, No. 3, The Journal of the County Louth Archaeological and Historical Society, 1910, pp. 305-306; p. 305-306