Dysert O'Dea / Díseart Uí Dheá
INFORMATION
Font ID: 13157DYS
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: Medieval
Church / Chapel Name: Dysert O’Dea monastery church [ruins]
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Tola of Clonard [aka Thola, Tolanus] [7thC bishop of Clonard]
Church Address: Mollaneen, Co. Clare, Ireland
Site Location: Clare, Munster, Republic of Ireland, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off (W) the R476, 3-4 km S of Corofin
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Killaloe
Font Notes:
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Reported in Westropp ([?]) as a round baptismal font, but he writes "I could not find the late square font described in Ordnance Survey Letters." The detailed entry for St Tola, Dysert O'Dea, Clare in the CRSBI [https://www.crsbi.ac.uk/view-item?i=5459] [accessed 21 August 2025] mentions neither font or stoup in it.
COORDINATES
UTM: 29U 495397 5862171
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 52.909195, -9.068444
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 52° 54′ 33.1″ N, 9° 4′ 6.4″ W
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: round
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
REFERENCES
- Westropp, Thomas Johnson, "The Churches of County Clare: other features", [unknown], [????]
- Westropp, Thomas Johnson, "The Churches of County Clare: other features", [unknown], [????]